Holland: Beautiful Delft

When we arrived in Delft, we didn’t really have a plan of what to see. All we wanted was to find a place to eat and enjoy the atmosphere of this cozy canal town. We parked at one of the underground garages near the market square. This trip was the first time that I followed Rick Steve’s book’s advice A LOT, and it helped tremendously. I knew where to park and where to eat most of the time.

We only spent a couple of hours here, but we loved how beautiful and serene this place was, possibly because we were here during a weekday.

Alex and Katya noticed this unique knitted cover for one of the columns. I am still not sure what it meant, but Katya thought these knitted squares were awesome.

After walking around for a little bit, we finally found the place for lunch—Stads Koffy Huis.

A couple of us ordered Dutch pancakes. Here is a picture of Katya that says, “Do not ask me to share!”. I think hers was cheese and ham kind.

Mark happily devoured his sugary pancake—yup, it’s a lunch on vacation.

The food was great, but I was most impressed with their bathrooms-haha. Delft is the home of the world-famous Delft pottery, which is traditionally blue (but not always). I am sure you have seen this kind of pottery before—it’s beautiful! Even in a restroom.

We browsed around some shops, walked around the center, and noticed that this church, called “Old Church” (they are very creative with their names here, in Holland), is kind of crooked. But no one around us seemed to be alarmed, so we just kept walking.

We spent a few moment enjoying the views of the canals (knowing it won’t be this peaceful in Amsterdam on Saturday).

And we thought of Vermeer, one of the best known Dutch artists from the Golden Age, who was born, worked and lived in Delft his whole life.

At the end, Katya got some cute owl pictures for her room at this shop (although Robert really wanted that sheep), and we headed to our car.

It was time for us to go see the place where we were staying.

Lyana.