Best Western Delft Museumhotel

... hours with my host Nai and the italian guy he's also hosting (which I'm not a fan of). Nai is super nice but the Italian guy is a bit weird. It's all good, just not a fan..

Tomorrow afternoon I should be heading into Amsterdam.. Hopefully it won't be raining quite so much there.

... flat and somewhat
uninteresting to drive, although there is much water and we ended up
going through a few tunnels on our way.




We arrived in Delft around 4:00 pm and
found our hotel, the Ark, located on one of the many canals of Delft.
We pulled up on the narrow one way street in front of the hotel,
unloaded, checked in and then following a map from the reception,
headed to a parking ramp to get rid of the car. The narrow ...

... but it was closed. She turned around and was walking back to where we were standing, and Ryan was walking up the stairs. He came over by the train and told us the machine wouldn't take any of their credit cards, and it didn't take any cash. Mom turned to go down and help them out, and Jen was walking back up the stairs. She said she got something to work, and had tickets. The 9:11 train had not left yet, so we ...

This weekend I went to Delft, which is home of the Delft Pottery (the blue ceramic stuff that is associated with Holland). I also saw several old churches and the Prisenhof, which is the former residence of William of Orange (father of The Netherlands). I had a very nice time at the museum, until I accidentally locked myself in the ladies room for about half an hour. The ...

... we were supposed to be and found ourselves arriving in Haarlem. Again we met the street with confusion, tho eventually found a taxi driver to take us to the B&B we are staying at. The B&B is awesome. Its run by a young couple, probably in their late 40's to early 50's, which was recommended by both Rick Steves (who's books sit in their dining room and who's christmas card (to Libby's bemused excitement) sits in the same room) and Katie and ...

... roulait en sens contraire aujourd'hui. Désolé, pas de photo....Qui cé qui a besoin de toute les patentes de Lycra/Goretex/Spandex? C'est pour les moumounes, voyons! Fait divers #3...Si vous avez besoin de cartes pour votre prochain voyage en Europe, donnez-moi un coup de fil. Ca s'empile un peu trop vite.......pis le poids s'accumule aussi! Pour le vélo.....98 km de vélo. Ca s'est assez bien déroulé.

... nice change from Amsterdam though, which for me was already getting a little long in the tooth. At least this way we get to see a little more of the Netherlands than the overblown capital - something not many people do. It'd be nice to look around a little more - Rotterdam, den Haag, Utrecht or someplace else - but it's time to move on again. From tomorrow we're starting a long haul trek down to Madrid via Brussels and Paris. Can't say we aren't staying busy!

... of Europe. We knew we found the right place when we saw the line of cars making a left turn onto a tiny road. It was amazing to drive past millions of tulips and hyacinths and daffodils. It smelled incredible, too. I parked the car and we wandered into what I suspect was a private feild, and (carefully) took pictures. We managed to avoid the mad ...

DELFT

I visited Delft,
a town renowned for its painting. Well preserved since the 17th
Century, Delft is
famous as the birthplace of the painter, Vermeer, and home to the exquisite 'Delft
Blue' earthenware.

I took an English speaking tour at
the Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles, the Delftware factory dating back to 1653, (the
Delft, South Holland, Netherlands aussienordic

... ciudad por mi cuenta. Amsterdam es una ciudad super interesante. Hay definitivamente mucho que ver y hacer. Pero creo que mi primer experiencia puso todos mis sentidos alerta y pienso que me volvi un poco paranoico. Un par de dias mas tarde estaba listo para continuar mi viaje y decidi quedarme aun en Holanda, pero iria a una ciudad mas al sur con esperanza de cambiar un poco de aires, asi que me dirigi a Rotterdam.