Blogs from Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe - page 2

Yesterday we drove from Munich to Münster, stopping at what we believe to be the nastiest toilet in all of Germany. We arrived St. Nickolaus Church in the town of Wolbeck, a suburb of Münster, to separate into different cars and be taken to our host families. My host family was wonderful. Before preparing a delicious dinner, my host mother offered to do all my laundry for me the next morning. I was most appreciative for this after our experience in Italy! Today we went into Münster to see the historical sites. Below are pictures of the cages on the steeple of St. Lambert's Church, where the corpses of the Anabaptist heretics were exposed after their execution for preaching polygamy, among other things. Their faces are carved on one of the front columns of the Town ... read more

Hi there folks. Hope everyone is well. We have now passed into Germany. We were in Amsterdam for an excellent few days and saw and did a lot. Our campsite was in some woods in the south and every day we cycled in through them and negotiated the city. Not an easy task. By the time we had got the hang of a route through the maze of streets, trams and canals it was time to leave! I went to see Anne Frank's house, it was really interesting. The little annex where they hid for so long is left fairly intact. You enter it through the secret bookcase door and climb up the little stairs. The place is left to stand for itself rather than having a fussy museum, although there are some exhibits. You can ... read more