NHR President's Trip - Maastricht The Netherlands

Every January the select few who make it into the NHR President's club get to go on a weekend trip. In SB we always went to Ojai for the weekend, and this year they did the same. We were a little sad to be missing out on the fabulous weekend in Ojai with all our SB friends. However, for the first time we were able to take part in this weekend with the EMEA group. We had a small group; 6 employees from NHR with their significant others. We stayed at a beautiful old castle hotel in Maastricht. The Hotel Chateau St. Gerlach stands in extensive parkland surrounded by the Ingendael wildlife reserve. This historic country estate dates back to the 12th century and provides gourmet cuisine, a superb spa, an inviting pool and beautiful baroque gardens not far from Maastricht. The 18th century Chateau is romantic and grand, filled with characteristic furniture, chandeliers, frescoes and enormous oil paintings. The ambience is one of sophistication but the overall feel is warm and welcoming. Naturally, most of the rooms and suites have glorious pastoral views from terraces or balconies. A group of us took a limo there and back, we had a fun filled morning which included a short walk through the nature reserve “Ingendael”, towards the Limburgian caves, a hike tour in the caves which included a few obstacles, another short walk, and then quad motor rides around a track, and a group dinner that night. The caves were unbelievable! It was such a neat experience to see the old paintings on the lime cave walls and walk around by nothing but candle light. All in all we had a great weekend and it was filled with good company and good fun.

NHR President's Trip - Maastricht The Netherlands