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Smoking, zooming and being subtle
... 1086;е 084;у точно так же не отлич 72;ются друг от друга ничем), съел бутер 73;род с копче 85;ой ...
Ferry Tales
Wil and Truus hosted a delightful evening yesterday, with all ten of us and cousins Erik and Carla, Maurice and Marjan, and Sandra. We had such a good evening that we needed the key to our boat, and lots of hushing to avoid waking everyone up when we got back.
A big highlight of our day today was waterbirds. The majority of today's ride took us on narrow paths between waterways and more typical farmlands. We saw many waterbirds -- swans, coots, ducks ...
Delft: Holland in Bloom
We decided to take a train south to Delft so that I could show everyone a Dutch city without all of the hustle and bustle and tourism of Amsterdam. Don't get me wrong, Amsterdam is great and it's my favorite city in the Netherlands, but it's nice to see how people in the smaller cities live to get a feel for the country.
The train ride to Delft was neat because the tulips were in bloom, so we got to see some of beautiful fields ...
The Real Delft
... that was on all of the postcards.
Victor and I spent the day wandering around the city and seeing the various churches, museums and canals. The unfortunate thing about the city was that everything closed at five, so we were left with nothing to do after five. So we took a short nap in the hostel then went out for a night time stroll in the rain. The city was even more charming in lights from the lamp posts in the rain. It was a great city to spend the day in. Tomorrow we go to The ...
Delft and The Hague: Heading 'Zuid'
... of the Netherlands, but not the capital. Amsterdam is given the title of capital in the Constitution, but the Queen and government reside in the Hague.
We didn't spend much time in the Hague, because we were ready to get home and out of the rain, but we did see the Dutch Parliament building and went into the Mauritshuis museum to see famous works by Vermeer, Rembrandt, Jan Steen and Franz Hals. My two favorites were the View of Delft and ...