On the third day we left Belgium and headed to the Netherlands. Our first stop was Delft. After checking into the hotel, we took a fairly long walk.
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The destination was the Royal Delft factory. We took a tour to learn all about how the famous pottery is made.
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The tour was part factory, part museum.
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And of course, the shop!
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After looking at plates we couldn’t afford, we did more exploring.
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^That’s where the first Dutch bible was printed in 1477. I don’t think they served sandwiches back then.
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We went into the Vermeer house and learned all about the artist. They had copies of all of his paintings, and exhibits on lighting techniques and historical pigments. It provided great context for paintings we would see later in the trip.
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Ended the day with dinner; a very large pancake with cheese and bacon!
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Hello! I just found your blog today. I love your pictures. My hubby is Dutch descent. We visited Amsterdam in 2007, when I began my own blog. I have since started many other blogs, including one for dolls. This year in 2017 in May we visited Europe, and also Maastricht near Heerlen. We visited Dutch relatives, and I took along my mini Grace doll too. I still don’t have all my photos up on my doll blog, but I do have quite a few. I’m not sure if the link will work here, but if you look up mindlikeasieve-loretta.blogspot.ca and scroll down on the right hand side to June, you will find some photos.
How fun that we both took mini Grace to Europe!