Steps today: 17 221
We didn’t purposely set out to take it easy today, but for some reason we didn’t hit the 20k mark.
We hit the road just a little before 8AM and found a place open for breakfast in the main square! All this time it was so close! AHHHH how nice it was to have a real morning meal.
Plus, it was cat friendly…
Today we went to Delft and it was just fantastic! We both agree it was the best day-trip of the vacation EASILY. Our minds were blown right from the start by the amazing town hall, it was so beautiful we decided to sit on a terrace and just gaze at it for a while.
Once we were all fuelled-up, we climbed the tower to the viewing gallery 85 meters up (376 stairs) to gawk at it some more from another angle.
The rest of Delft looked pretty good from up there too…
I found this half-house interesting.
But the stairs were pretty scary, some looked like fan blades.
After, we visited the Churches. The New Church:
… and the Old Church is where Vermeer is buried.
Really interesting grave stones on the floor!
The Old Church is also famous for it’s leaning tower which leans by 2 meters! Sadly, this was my view instead.
The weather today was a lot cooler than the last few days; in fact this morning when we got out of the train we needed our gloves and hoods! What a change from the past few days. When the wind died down and the sky cleared up, it was nice enough to eat outside so we had lunch on a terrace barge moored on the canal.
We walked off lunch with a wander around town and then went to the Vermeercentrum for a very interesting and informative hour or so.
The rest of the day was just spent wandering.
Look how close the waterline is to the bottom of the doors!
This is supposed to be the site from where Vermeer’s “View from Delft” was painted, I was hoping for some similar outlines, the Old Church is 800 years old after all, and the Town Hall was around his day… but it’s not even close.
We got back to the hotel around 6, and then went to the bar across the street for a drink and onwards to a restaurant in the main square for supper.
How cute is this?
Last day tomorrow…. Good night!
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