Fietsen

One of the biggest activities here in Maastricht, and in all of the Netherlands is biking. So I thought I'd share a little about the places Michelle and I go on our "Fietsen."

There are countless bike paths all over the region, and it is possible to travel from Maastricht, to Belgium, to Germany and to pretty much any city in the Netherlands by bike. The picture to the right is a photo of one of the many map points that show you what trails you can take where. This one happens to be in Belgium.

The other weekend we took a route south that brought us up a very rare big hill. (Rare in the fact that most of the country is completely flat). We were able to check out some old forts overlooking the city, and some beautifully eerie, fall like landscape.

(we called this one the civil war field...)

We also found an entrance to the famed Maastricht underground,

But as you can see, it was locked, so we didn't go in :(

So bike riding is definitely the way to go here. If you do come visit (did I mention you should?) then I recommend getting in bike riding shape before hand :)