Guesthouse Unversiteit
Maastricht At Brouwersweg
150807
Paying a rate of 11.75 Euros/night at the guesthouse
is one of the most satisfactory things to happen in
Maasgtricht so far. The room is like wow.. spacious..
It helps that our room is slightly longer then other
rooms. Fully furnished with a stove, fridge (thank
god or we will be starving), television, shelves and
cupboard, it has everything we need.
After the pleasnt surprise at the guesthouse, we
went back to reality and was often found wandering
lost in the streets of Maastricht. The endless roundabouts
and rows of identical tidy European houses lying on
both sides of every street we went made deciphering
the Maastricht map almost impossible. It did not help
that the first time we wander around trying to buy
groceries, we totally did not even think of bringing
the map of Maastricht. We ended up walking around
aimlessly feeling tired and drained. Eventually, we
got back, wishing that we can get a bicycle to get
around.
On our next adventure in trying to make our way around,
we got lost for some time before finally making our
way to the city centre. We made our way across the
famous Maastricht Bridge which is of stratergic importance
in defending Maastricht against enemies in the ancient
past. After another few twist and turns around the
streets across the bridge, we finally found an old
man that sells bicycles in the black market. It is
the cheapest way to get a bicycle here at 25 Euros
and we found oursleves staring at two old and wretched
racers. It provided plenty of butt-aches and complaints
in the coming days.
Well equipped with a map and a bicycle, we got lost
again (whats new)... This time, it is mostly due to
our inability to follow the maps (hard to believe
both of us drive in Singapore) and the number of one
way streets which our bicycles couldn't enter. The
cycle back to the guesthouse was also treacherous
as the cold wind and rain forced us to stop before
continuing. After reaching the guesthouse at the end
of the day, we decide that walking would have been
so much better and wanted to get rid of our bicycles.
After the many complaints and disasters that have
fallen on us, we at least manage to buy lots of groceries
which will put us in good steed for the future. Retail-therapy
in the form of shopping for groceries was our only
relieve and for once, we know how it feels to be an
auntie shopping around happily for groceries....

One of the pictures of the guesthouse. Looks absolutely
magnificant doesnt it?

Even the plants look nice here...

T ake a closer look..

Our pad...
No harm having more photos to show you how proud we
are of it.
Check out the cooler which Chris was so eager to buy
despite the fact that it doesnt really cools the room.
Suspect it is more due to fact that it looks nice
that Chris wanted it.

More guesthouse room photos.

An area in the room which I will famalirize myself
very well in the coming months.

Fried noodles! My own creation with the limited seasoning
we have. Looks a bit like sphagetti though

Fried rice by me after managing to buy the proper
seasonings. Delicious!

For a first attempt at frying the chicken, it is pretty
good! Taste as good as it looks!

Getting lost in the streets of Maastricht..

Yet another typical Maasticht street after turning
the corner...

Taking a break after getting lost for hours....

The building that we know as the "castle"
guided us back to the right track as it is near the
guesthouse.

Turns our where we are (Blue dot) wasnt so far from
where we stay after all (Red dot). God knows where
we will end up on if we did not find this map.

The wretched bicycle that we wish we did not have.

Cotton candy? No... Clouds from Maastricht sky..

This time, its the sun... Why dont the sky look the
same in Singapore...