Delft

Wow… lots to catch up on, but I figured I should at least finish Holland before we take off for Venice.

Our last stop in Holland was visiting the quaint old town of Delft. Like all cities in the Netherlands, Delft was full of canals and bridges. We passed over a large bridge and walked into the main market square of Delft.

Delft has two main churches. “The giant, Gothic New Church boldly dominates the town from it’s prominent position overlooking Market Square.” It was giant… and too tall to get the whole picture…

While in the market square we ate gelato, let Matthew and Luke chase pigeons, window shopped, looked for postcards and examined the gables of the buildings using Rick Steves handy guide. We also had fun examining all kinds of cobblestone.

Chris got a hot waffle drizzled with chocolate sauce and ice cream. So good.

Delft is famous world wide for it’s ‘Delftware’… blue and white Dutch pottery.

After awhile we walked the few blocks to the ‘Old Church. “Inside are the tombs of two local boys: Johannes Vermeer, Golden age painter and Anton van Leuwenhoek (who invented the microscope, then used it to discover bacteria)”.

Coming from behind, and standing underneath we couldn’t tell that the Church’s tower was LEANING, but we could definitely tell as we walked away and looked back.