Delft

We went on a little biking trip to Delft on Friday (all of 5km away from where we are staying). Delft is a smaller and older town, that is very well known for their Delft Blauwe pottery. The pottery we have all seen at one point at our grandparents that is white and blue and depicts various Dutch scenes. The factory itself is located outside of Delft and so we did not actually see it, but there was Delft Blauwe everywhere!

Delft is a super cute town, full of old buildings, churches, bridges, canals, cafes and like most of holland tons of bicycles! We loved it there, it has a lot of charm. We hung out in a few cafes, ate some yummy bakery goods by the canal and just wandered the streets checking out all the cool buildings. There was also a carnival going on in the main square which was entertaining to walk through as well.

We are thinking since it is so close we will probably bike there tomorrow as well. Biking here is so, so, so easy and wonderful! We have a lot we can learn from the Dutch biking system, there are separate paths that take you everywhere you need to go and when you are not on those, there are bike lanes that have their own bike crossing at intersections. All the lanes and paths are red for the most part so it is very easy to see where bikes are supposed to go. It is all pretty ingenious! right now we are borrowing bikes from my cousins, but once we get settled in we will try to find some second hand ones of our own.

Here are some pictures from our visit to Delft...

Our first windmill in Holland on our way to Delft

Lots of cool houses and store fronts...you will be seeing a lot of pictures like this, I just love it!

This was the very first Church we walked into (no joke) and of course the exhibition is on the House of Orange, Joel was very excited. The outside of the church is the picture below...it was hard to get a great picture because the carnival was set up right outside of it (it is much bigger than it looks).

 I love the types of baskets, crates and carriers people here have on their bikes. So cool!

I had to sit in it.

Not sure what this building was (it was closed), but it is really neat looking

My awesome bike!