My son was off on a bike and I walked and walked and looked in lots of cute shops including a very nice little shop with dutch fabric (and a bit of Kathy Doughty's line!). Lots of energy in this city- bikes, trams, people, canals, boats, flowers, cobblestones, great museums with a favorite Van Gogh and Rembrandt, tulip stuff, and a wonderful overall sense of joie de vivre!
We are in the middle of a long trip, so I picked Cochem, a small sleepy town on the Mosel River for a few slow days. The castle in Cochem, a boat ride along the Mosel past numerous vineyards to Beilstein, a visit to the magical Burg Eltz castle where I found the perfect sewing room with unique old iron/press and colorful majolica stove used to keep warm, and a lovely hike through peaceful woods kept us happy with plenty of time to relax.
