{"id":12165,"date":"2023-08-19T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=12165"},"modified":"2023-08-19T16:20:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T16:20:03","slug":"soest-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=12165","title":{"rendered":"Soest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Soest is a walled town in the North Rhine Westphalia region of western Germany. The old centre is very attractive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3727-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3727-1024x745.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3727-1024x745.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3727-300x218.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3727-768x558.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3727-1536x1117.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3727-2048x1489.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3727-413x300.jpeg 413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite all this architectural goodness, there are no concessions to tourism at all here. No souvenir shops, no tourist office, it\u2019s just an ordinary provincial German town. We had assumed that our hotel must be one of the town\u2019s oldest buildings, but then we came across the Monchshof. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3728-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3728-1024x748.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3728-1024x748.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3728-300x219.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3728-768x561.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3728-1536x1123.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3728-2048x1497.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3728-410x300.jpeg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This dates from 1232, which puts it right in the middle of the 6th and 7th Crusades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We went for a wander around the town with Val\u2019s family and the kids in the afternoon. It\u2019s hot, about 31 degrees. Ice cream time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3732-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3732-1024x705.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3732-1024x705.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3732-300x207.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3732-768x529.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3732-1536x1058.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3732-2048x1411.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_3732-436x300.jpeg 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Heidelberg tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soest is a walled town in the North Rhine Westphalia region of western Germany. The old centre is very attractive. Despite all this architectural goodness, there are no concessions to tourism at all here. 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