religion
In and near Valkenburg you will find many signs of the strong roman catholic religion that is traditional to this region.
Statues of holy persons on buildings and crosses along the road sides.
We encountered this cross just outside of Valkenburg, leaving it via the Steenstraat. It gave us something to think about.
The insription says:
Geis te links of geis te rechs,
keeze mos te zellef.
Miech kens te euveral taegekomme.
Although this Limburgs dialect it is easy to translate for dutch people:
Go left or go right,
you have to choose for yourself.
You can encounter Me everywhere.
Just for the record: we did go to the left on one day and on an other day to the right.

La Fleur in Xmass style
At Valkenburg castle
Excavations of pots etc.
The gate of old Valkenburg is as centuries ago.