Metz, France
Our friends, Helmut & Marlies Werner, took us to France to show us some of their favorite places. Metz was a beautiful city with it’s many churches, outdoor cafés & river views along the Moselle & Seille. I must say we have seen some beautiful churches throughout Europe and Britain! This one also, was gorgeous inside and outside as you can see by it’s ornate art work surrounding it’s door.
June 2016
Photo taken with an iPhone 5s
Metz, France
On the banks of the River Moselle sits the Protestant Temple of Metz. I have tried to find out exactly what religion it is, but have been unable to do so. I found that throughout Europe people refer to the Catholic Church or the Protestant Church, however, the Protestant Church is a combination of many churches, Lutheran, Baptist, Church of England, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, to name a few. It was built in the 1800’s by the German’s.
June 2016
Photo taken with an iPhone 5s
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Luxembourg is a unique city, nestled in a long, narrow valley. Some of the city, however, does sit above the valley. These homes rest along the River Alzette, where we had a wonderful walk along the river, over bridges and up and down paths. The greenery and gardens are gorgeous!
June 2016
Photo taken with a Canon 50D
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
We had a wonderful walk with our friends Marlies and Helmut Werner thru the quaint and beautiful streets of Luxembourg. After awhile it was time for a rest, so I put my feet up and RELAXED in front of these beautiful cascading waterfalls.
June 2016
Photo taken with an iPhone 5s
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
On our walk around Luxembourg, we went to the Natural History Museum, there we sat and relaxed for a little bit. While there I noticed some Venus Flytraps and was looking at them when Marlies came over and explained how they work. It is quite amazing!! When an insect or spider crawls onto a leaf and touches one of the tiny hairs, the trap closes and they are then inside and the plant consumes them. I found on Wikipedia; that only after a second hair is contacted within twenty seconds of the first hair being touched, is the trap triggered, this saves energy on objects that have no nutritional value. Nature is wonderful!!
June 2016
Photo taken with an iPhone 5s
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
We had an awesome and beautiful walk thru Luxembourg City. Most of the time we walked along the Alzette, a tributary of the River Moselle. Luxembourg is very picturesque with it’s deep valley, lush greenery and gorgeous gardens! In this photo I am looking the other direction, thru the arched bridge that has the train tracks on it.
June 2016
Photo taken with an iPhone 5s
Dinant, Belgium
We drove through the countryside of Belgium and there we saw many cows. As Craig said, ‘the beginning of Belgium Chocolates’! My dad was raised on a dairy farm and he told me that cows are very curious, I noticed this with these two, while the others chewed grass and/or chewed the cud, they just watched me!
June 2016
Photo taken with a Canon 50D
Under the English Channel at the Strait of Dover
It was time to leave the United Kingdom after having a WONDERFUL time there, so sadly, we took our leave! There are not a lot of options of getting off the islands but we chose the Eurotunnel or Chunnel. It was a great place to put my feet up and RELAX & I was doing what the roof top messaging bar said to do, (you may need to enlarge the photo to read it) ‘RELAX, we’ll drive.’
June 2016
Photo taken with an iPhone 5s
