Category: Travels with Spike

This little gem of a Belgium town on the River Ourthe is described as the “world’s smallest”. Funnily enough, it showcases the world’s largest topiary […]

We lived in Millburn, NJ for 3 years as Spike was getting on in years. We moved to New Jersey sight-unseen too (see Amsterdam post) […]

In the region of Germany called North Rhine-Westphalia is an area called the Rhineland Nature Park. This area was mined extensively for coal and as […]

The Black Forest (Schwarzwald) lies in a sparsely populated, hugely forested area of southwestern Germany. Wooden farmhouses and simple villages are characteristic elements of this […]

The cheerful town of La Roche is found on the banks of the River Ourthe in the Ardennes region of southeast Belgium. The Ardennes region […]

It was so hot when we visited Brugge, in Belgium, with Spike.  Dog days of Summer indeed and Spike just wanted water and shade, as […]

Drielandenpunt is the point where the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany meet, so three-country meeting point. It also references the highest point in the Netherlands which, […]

Since time immemorial the Dutch have battled the ranging, reaching forces of the sea. Zeeland is no exception.   The Dutch province of Zeeland (Sea-Land), […]

We spent a few days exploring this vastly beautiful and historic area from our campsite base in the little town of Verchin in North-west France. […]

We had never experienced a place that got so cold the sea edges froze, but that’s the North Sea for you! The beach closest to […]