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Stedelijk Museum Prinsenhof

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    • Day 59

      Early morning last look at Delft

      November 11, 2022 in the Netherlands ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

      After a good nights sleep we were up pretty early. We had a delicious breakfast at the Hotel - another big tick as the options for breakfast were huge and it was all fantastic. As we had some time we thought we would do a little bit more of a wander around the town. I had discovered a few squares and areas while looking at the Christmas lights, so we returned to some of these areas and discovered some others. Next time I would like to spend at least 3 days in Delft and see it all.

      After checking out of the hotel we headed to the train station, a whopping 5 minute walk! On arrival we discover there has been an accident car vs train and so there is pandemonium as so many trains have been cancelled or delayed. Luckily Brigitte went to speak to someone who advised us to get to Rotterdam and then jump on a train to Brussels MIDI which is what we did. Our tickets seemed to work so all good.

      There was a couple sitting in front of me who was talking about getting off the train in Antwerp to see the station, but because of the accident trains were being diverted around Antwerp Centraal. I told them that this was the case and then Donny and I chatted for the next 2.5 hours whilst his husband slept. He was a lovely guy from Florida and he and his hubby are hoping to buy a place in Valencia, Spain and retire in the next 4-5 years. They were just doing a side trip to Brugge before heading back to Amsterdam and then flying to Valencia to spend a couple of weeks there to experience life in “the hood”.

      We exchanged email details so maybe one day we will catch up somewhere, I suspect that they like to have a good time.

      We arrived in MIDI a little after 1.15pm and caught the train out to Ottiginies where Stef picked us up. We had a late lunch of cheese sandwiches which was great. We decided to go out to the local brasserie in Wavre where we both had steak - my first one this trip and it was fantastic and we both had an early night as we were exhausted after our week of travelling.
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    • Day 4

      Delft

      August 11, 2016 in the Netherlands ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

      Leiden - Delft 24 km
      Typical Dutch scenery. Note all the orderly rectangles in this man-made polder landscape (mostly peatland reclamations). Let shining lakes and green pastures, old windmills and farmhouses pass you by whilst pedalling on to the famous city of Delft. The melancholy charm of historical Delft is breathtaking. Most will associate Delft with its blue and white hand-painted pottery: Delftware. Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) lived in Delft all his lifeRead more

    • Day 33

      Delfter Blauw

      March 4, 2017 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      Der Name der Stadt Delft kommt von dem niederländischen Wort "delven", was soviel wie "einen Kanal graben" bedeutet. Delft ist eine wunderschöne historische Stadt, die für ihr Delfter Blauw (das blau bemalte Porzellan) bekannt ist. Außerdem zu bestaunen sind die Alte Kirche und die Neue Kirche und der Prinsenhof, in dem Wilhelm von Oranien gelebt hat (heute ist es ein Museum).
      Nach einem schnellen Mittagessen haben wir die Sehenswürdigkeiten dieser zauberhaften Stadt angeschaut und sind dann zu dem Royal Delft Museum gelaufen, wo wir gesehen haben, wie das berühmte Porzellan handbemalt wird und auch wie beispielsweise Vasen gegossen und gebrannt werden. Die Geschichte und die verschiedenen Varianten haben wir auch kennenlernen dürfen. Nach all den Infos und dem Stadt erkunden ging es zu einem gemeinsamen Abendessen und anschließenden Drinks in einer Kneipe.
      Dann war der Tag auch schon zu Ende und es ging mit dem Bus zurück nach Utrecht, wo uns Regen, Regen, Regen erwartet hat..
      Pitschnass zu Hause angekommen hat dann noch eine Überraschung auf mich gewartet - ein Care-Paket aus der Heimat!!! Das hat die Laune nach der nassen Heimfahrt gleich wieder hochgeschossen und es war ein perfekter Abschluss für diesen fantastischen Tagesausflug!
      Auf dass noch weitere schöne Ausflüge folgen und ich so viel wie möglich von diesem wunderschönen Land sehen kann.
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