On the way to England - Tecklenburg and Rotterdam

Published: 26.07.2024

and were also lucky with the weather: It rained only a little, but we didn't notice much of it in our covered seats.</p><p><br /></p><figure><img src='https://img1.vakantio.de/uploads/1841dc7e0806d0c1149bd81cf7ff87a4_large.jpg' alt='Freilichtbühne Tecklenburg'/><figcaption>Freilichtbühne Tecklenburg</figcaption></figure><p><br /></p><p>The next morning we continued towards the Netherlands, from where our ferry to England, the destination of our trip, was scheduled to depart.</p><p><br /></p><p>We spent the day in Rotterdam and explored the city on a walking tour.</p><p><br /></p><figure><img src='https://img1.vakantio.de/uploads/65fde1f12d5fad53682885a7d2667ef8_large.jpg' alt='Museumshafen Rotterdam'/><figcaption>Museumshafen Rotterdam</figcaption></figure><p>After Amsterdam, Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands, but unlike the capital, it has a completely different cityscape.</p><p><br /></p><figure><img src='https://img1.vakantio.de/uploads/cee916257494cf768d565a702ff967e2_large.jpg' alt='Rotterdam'/><figcaption>Rotterdam</figcaption></figure><p><br /></p><p>After many destructions in the Second World War, the city was later rebuilt in a modern style.</p><p><br /></p><figure><img src='https://img1.vakantio.de/uploads/ae99eae1e5ea1d08de64ffbbb69959f4_large.jpg' alt='Kubuswoningen'/><figcaption>Kubuswoningen</figcaption></figure><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the city center, we saw many of the high-rise buildings that have been built since the 1980s and some of them seem colorful and mixed in style to us.</p><p><br /></p><figure><img src='https://img1.vakantio.de/uploads/c7d6126834907f1f7999d7f191bc027f_large.jpg' alt='Rotterdam'/><figcaption>Rotterdam</figcaption></figure><p><br /></p><p>To cross the Nieuwe Maas, we walked across the Erasmus Bridge.</p><p><br /></p><figure><img src='https://img1.vakantio.de/uploads/47cbc47c7d90be51f2b84039159a15cc_large.jpg' alt='Erasmus Bridge'/><figcaption>Erasmus Bridge</figcaption></figure><p><br /></p><p>There I saw what I definitely don't want to do professionally: Some painters hovered high up next to the bridge piers to repaint them.</p><p><br /></p><figure><img src='https://img1.vakantio.de/uploads/ef99a5d514344c73a568aa44d826b123_large.jpg' alt='Erasmus Bridge'/><figcaption>Erasmus Bridge</figcaption></figure><p>In the city center, we visited the Markthal opened in 2014, where not only numerous eateries and shops are located, but also 228 apartments.</p><p><br /></p><figure><img src='https://img1.vakantio.de/uploads/5a62d156a747bc400a4263b688757439_large.jpg' alt='Markthal'/><figcaption>Markthal</figcaption></figure><p><br /></p><p>In the Markthal, there is a large artwork called

that is supposed to be a modern interpretation of the still lifes of old Dutch masters.</p><p><br /></p><figure><img src='https://img1.vakantio.de/uploads/4856a31fb03bb307a0e185a2eb2b24ed_large.jpg' alt='Ceiling Painting Markthal'/><figcaption>Ceiling Painting Markthal</figcaption></figure><p><br /></p><p>However, amidst the hustle and bustle in the hall, we didn't have much time to look at the ceiling.</p><p><br /></p><figure><img src='https://img1.vakantio.de/uploads/d6946dac3516cdebb9645d2172de8fa1_large.jpg' alt='Rotterdam'/><figcaption>Rotterdam</figcaption></figure><p><br /></p><p>We strolled a bit further through the city center and then drove to the ferry port.</p><p><br /></p><figure><img src='https://img1.vakantio.de/uploads/ab70da8d025f42e127235edf0b58a6b0_large.jpg' alt='Rotterdam'/><figcaption>Rotterdam</figcaption></figure><p><br /></p><p>Several highway exits led to different parts of the port, where we drove along for a while until we reached the terminal for the ferries to England.</p><p><br /></p><figure><img src='https://img1.vakantio.de/uploads/dadc43ae3f9dd64d4cf6448437b561ea_large.jpg' alt='Ferry Port Rotterdam'/><figcaption>Ferry Port Rotterdam</figcaption></figure><p>In the evening, we sat in the

with a view over the container port and the landscape during departure.</p><p><br /></p><p>The next morning we should arrive in Hull in England.</p><p><br /></p>

After a day in Rotterdam, we took the ferry to Hull.

Our motorhome had just come out of the workshop in time for the holiday after many phone calls with Fiat. Our front camera was defective. It was a warranty issue, but that didn't change the fact that it was currently not available. Only daily calls to the hotline ensured that a camera and finally a suitable software update appeared...

Now we could set off as planned (the ferry had long been booked and non-refundable) and initially headed towards Rotterdam.