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Published: August 27th 2008
Amsterdam harbour
The old with the new Well by the time you read this last entry, the Beier family will be home and getting back into a routine of school and work to save for the next big holiday. Our time abroad has been fantastic. We have seen many sights, experienced many different cultures, enjoyed different types of food and drink and have laughed among the locals after being caught in a thunder and lightning storm in Switzerland. We can not tell you the best place that we have been too or the best food we have eaten as each country has something different to offer. Churches, we have seen many of them and each has been different because of the era it was built and the art influence that it took shape from. The countryside has gone from flat hay and wheat fields to below sea level sheep farms to rolling fields of milk cows and to the tall peaks of the alps. One must experience all these to truly understand what the world has to offer - and we only saw a fraction of it. One thing that we did encounter is many tractors - yes this sounds strange but when in the country the
Koln
Only this church was left standing in the town after the war farms really only have their piece of land and take their tractors from their driveway or garage in the town and drive them on the roads. We have seen small, large, skinny, and fat tractors made to go over grape vines and tractors to do massive haying, these we have seen everywhere.
One does not experience the true culture if you stay on the autobahn as the sides are high with trees and bridges with high sides,you cannot see anything I assume this is done so drivers who drive at speeds of 200Km or more are not distracted. We took secondary roads most of the time and saw an amazing amount of wonderful sights, much more than if we would have taken a tour on a bus as they stick to the major roads. there are many places that we have been too that I want to explore more deeply.
After 3982km and walking about 10-12km every day we have enjoyed an European adventure. Our GPS, which we named Eddy, did take us on a few strange routes but then again that was an adventure even though at times we came to a dead end or he wanted
Hannah in Fussen
Traditional German Bavarian Costume us to go up a one-way street the wrong way. We hope that you have enjoyed our travel blog and that it inspires some of you to venture out of your comfort zone and experience some of the offerings of the world. so 'til next time.
Our route: Paris (France) Vimy, through Belgium, Utrecht (Holland), Amsterdam, Alkmaar, Texel, Almere, Apeldorn, Reichenbach (Germany), Lohr, Wurzburg, Koln, Noordlingen, Ulm, Fussen, Steeg (Austria), Lech, St. Gallen (Switzerland) (drove thru Leichtenstein in 15 min) Stein en Rhein, Stuttgart (Germany) Mutzig (France) Epernay, Mullen and back to Paris - with too many other stops in between to mention.
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