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| Dutch tulips in Delft market |
In theory, it is warmer here than in Finland. It's been about 7 degrees today. In fact though, it has been an extremely windy day and now it is pouring with rain...really hard.
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| Selection of Cheeses |
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| The old church in Delft |
As Rotterdam had appeared so uninspiring, we visited Delft today, which is between Rotterdam and the Hague. Delft is a city of around 95,000 people, famous for Delft pottery and also as the birthplace of the painter Johannes Vermeer (he painted The Girl with a Pearl Earring). As we arrived it soon became apparent that it was also carnaval day. Everyone was dressed up and dancing to the music being played by the brightly painted vehicles which were travelling in a procession along the streets.
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| Delft carnaval atmosphere |
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| Minttu enjoys the carnaval |
The atmosphere was very friendly, and even though Delft is a city, it felt almost like a village. It was market day today and stalls and shops were busy selling waffles, cheeses, fruit and flowers to the passers by. Of all the places we visited today, Rotterdam, Scheveningen, The Hague and Delft, Delft was definitely the place I would choose to come back to. See what you think from some of the photos I snapped today.
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| He's just been invited to Somero... |
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| The birds are fed next to the canal |
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| Delft by the Canal |
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| The most popular way to travel |
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A Police Officer keeping control of the smurfs
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| Stall selling Dutch waffles |
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| Delft Carnaval |
2 comments:
Once again an old proverb "One picture tells more than thousand words" has been proved to be true.Those sceneries with enjoyably written descriptions really give the reader something to think about - a window on the world(again..)!
More snow-covered town called Somero wishes You a nice the rest of the journey!
Heikki
Thank you Heikki for your message! It has been a nice little trip to Holland but I can tell you that I am looking forward to getting home...see you soon, Jody
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