Monschau, Germany

I can't find a Monchau. Could you mean Monschau?

http://www.monschau.de/

If so, it is attractive appearing in the website. The "DK Eyewitness Guide" has glowing things to say about it, and ADAC rates it as "Besonders sehenwerter Ort", an especially worthwhile place to see.

You will probably enjoy it very much. I may see if I can find a train there myself.:)

Oopsie - it IS Monschau and I've edited the OP to reflect the 's.' Thanks for correcting it - I posted it this morning as I was rushing out the door and went by my memory, which, it turns out, isn't very good.

Thank you for checking out your other travel guides! We're in the initial stages of sorting this trip out, and now we're considering not going into Belgium at all and instead, focusing on this area of Germany (we'll have about a week).

Any other towns upwards of 2-3 hours from Monschau that are worth a mention here? We'll likely have a car and are torn about which direction we'll head!

Monshau is a gorgeous little town of slate-roofed buildings, an old weaver's village huddled around an attractive river gorge. We spent 2 nights there and it was plenty of time to see the place.

The Henri Chapelle Military cemetery near Eupen across the Belgian border is a very moving memorial to Americans who died in the area during WW II.

Elsewhere near Monschau: Aachen has an interesting town center and beautiful cathedral; Maastricht (Holland) isn't far either - a place with lots of atmosphere that you might look into.

Thank you so much for the great information and suggestions! This trip is kind of a whim (can it still be a whim 3 months out?) and we're trying to sort out the details. Right now we're torn between going to Bruges/Brussels for 4-5 nights or staying around Monschau for that time to explore that part of Germany.

You've left us with some great starting points, again, many thanks!

In Monschau, don't miss:Rotes Haus (Red House)Walking tour of old townMontjoie Düttchen (croissants)

Kent, check. Walk through Old Town on way to Red House, croissant in hand.

We're in!