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"Montjoie ! Saint Denis ! Je trépas si je faiblis !"

The quote is from the hilarious french movie "Les Visiteurs", starring Jean Réno and Christian Clavier. I found it quite appropriate to present Monschau (French: Montjoie), the last stop of our Benelux tour, situated a few kms off the Belgian border in German Land Nordrhein-Westfalen. This stitch of 6 vertical photos marks my first steps in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

The place was first mentionned in 1198 and the castle you see was first built in the XIII th century, then expanded in several phases. No record exists about who built the ugly modern buildings on the left ;-)

In modern times Monschau is one of these many attractive small German towns with beautifully preserved houses and a medieval flair. So it is easily understandable that it attracts masses of visitors and while here we got an unique opportunity to enrich our Dutch thanks to numerous noisy NL-Seniors touring the place. Dank u voor uw bezoek en tot ziens !

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