Last night
we made reservations at Villa Ruimzicht in Doetinchem. We are going to the town of ‘s Heerenberg today
to see the Huis Bergh Castle. It is a large castle so we decided that after
visiting it we would take it easy the rest of the day and stay in nearby in
Doetinchem overnight – thus we made the reservation.
We found the
castle – this one was well marked, however when we arrived we were told it is “closed
on Monday”!!! WHAT??!! We did not realize that all museums and are
closed on Mondays!!! What a bummer!!
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| Huis Bergh Castle |
Now
what? I guess you win some and you lose
some!! We lost on this one today!! We walked around outside – it is large
castle with a moat – very nice. It was a
disappointment that we could not go inside, but we enjoyed the little
village.
The door was
open to the village Catholic church just down the street from the castle. We went
inside to find the total interior had just been refurbished. It was lovely.
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| St Pancratins Church |
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| Completely Repainted Ceiling |
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| Stages of the Cross along the side |
Beside the
castle was a Protestant church – only the cemetery was open to visitors.
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| Kerkhof Protestant Church |
Anyway,
after a cup of coffee we drove around looking for windmills, and other castles
in the area. The town of s’Heerenberg is no more than 2 miles from Germany
(just outside of town). We also drove by
lovely farmsteads with cows in the pastures, enjoying the green grass.
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| Braamt Windmill |
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| Beek Windmill |
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| de Kemnade Castle |
It was about
2:00 when we decided to go to Villa Ruimzicht, check-in, and enjoy the facility. We were in our room by 2:30. It has been a
relaxing day, which we did need.
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| Villa Ruimzicht in Doetinchem |
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| Old Ijssel River |
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| Doetinchem Windmill |
The Villa is
located just outside the town center. For
dinner we walked to the town center, and after looking at shops and strolling
around, we stopped at a Chinese Restaurant for dinner. We had an excellent meal.
We are
having a relaxing evening. Tomorrow we are
driving into Germany (straight east of here about 1 hour) to see the foreign
exchange student who lived with us in 1993-94.
We last saw her and her family in 2012.
Since then she has had a 3rd child, a little boy. We are looking forward to seeing her/them
tomorrow afternoon.
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| Night View of the Villa Ruimzacht |
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