Hemalvaart Holidays..continuation

I'm so glad to be back home in our apartment!! That was my longest 4D3N holiday ever, indeed was not a very happy-happy one. It was an emotional roller coaster. I'm the only non-Dutch there :P The feeling of being left out due to the heavy use of Dutch language among themselves of course was the real party killer. However, there was light at the end of the tunnel...

The vacation houses that we rented were quite nice, each house has 3 bedrooms + 2 WCs and bathrooms. What impressed me most was that the place was very well-maintained and clean. The bedsheets given were all neatly pressed, washed and sealed with a see-through plastic (so you know it's clean). Our room view was the golf course. All we need was to buy/bring all the amenities that we need. For families with babies and toddlers, baby chairs, pens etc were also provided (upon request). Isn't that cool? It was a perfect vacation for families and mind you, there were many other families vacationing there. The town of Cochem was really packed with cars, bikers and buses.

I did also enjoy myself on the trip to the Eltz Castle with my Hubs and the canoe trip with the group. We drove in the direction of Munstermeifeld and followed the signs to the Eltz castle or in German (Burg-Eltz) and the hike through the woods to the castle took us 40-45 mins. It was worth the climb and walk when we saw the castle finally ;)

The canoe trip along the Mosel river was great though tiring. 4-5 hours of leisure canoeing with multiple pit-stops along the way. We took our lunch break in the city centrum for a nice German lunch before we continued our journey for another 2 hours before we arrived at our meeting point. It was definitely a strenuous day for everybody.

Hemalvaart Holidays

Hemalvaart holidays in the Netherlands is just around the corner and to be precies, 21 May. Hemalvaart aka the Ascension Day marks the time when Jesus ascended to heaven for the final time following his crucifixion and resurrection. It is the 40th day of Easter and is always on a Thursday.

My Hubs has a tradition among his university mates whereby the group will plan a yearly holiday trip and most of the time it falls during the Hemalvaart holidays. Last year, it was their 10th year anniversary and they had it in a beautiful castle in France. We did not make it last year because it was too close to our wedding in July.

This coming Hemalvaart holidays, the trip will be in Ferienresort Cochem, Germany. We will be driving to Cochem. There will be 16 adults excluding toddlers and babies :) It's definitely an extended group this year. Well for me, it'll be my first trip with the group. Just yesterday, my Hubs and myself have both chosen a few activities that we would like to do during our trip there :) I hope it'll be fun eventhough I'll be surrounded by so many Dutchies ;)