Post by Ella We go to see the big Vermeer exhibit tomorrow in Amsterdam so it was fitting that today we visited the Museum Prinsenhof’s exhibit on Vermeer’s Delft. Esther met us at Cafe Barbaar in Delft for cappuccinos and pastry. Then the three of us strolled to the Prinsenhof just a few feet away….
Day: April 29, 2023
You know you are in Holland when…
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Albert Heijn
Post by Ella One of the biggest grocery chains in the Netherlands is Albert Heijn. Akin to a Ralph’s or Smiths. If we need a little bit of this and a little bit of that, we go to Albert Heijn. Last time I was here (in 2016), I brought my Albert Heijn shopping bag home…
The Dutch Nacho
Post by Grubb The snack of choice in these parts is the French fry. People walk the streets with snow cone cups spilling over with the starchy delight cut not like the slender MacDonalds striplets, but in chunky fingers of potato heaven.
The Little Street
Post by Grubb Ella smells the flowers in the same spot where, around four hundred years ago, Vermeer painted a couple of children playing on the flagstones in front of the house famous for its red window shutter.
The Dreamscape of Delft
Post by Grubb Delft is a compact, tidy town bisected by a canal and its grid line tributaries. Vermeer caught its quiet domestic beauty in “The Little Street”; he captured the play of light and shadow of the cloud drift in his “View of Delft”. These paintings are more than four-hundred years old, but the neighborhoods we’ve…
Return of the Clumpets
Post by Grubb Every now and then in our travels we stay in an apartment on either the first or second floor, and around one or two in the morning the Clumpet family arrives to clamorously settle in upstairs. Heavy footsteps tromp back and forth, back and forth, for the next couple of hours. The unceasing, almost…
OV Chip Cards
This is what I love about the Dutch. So practical. One card can be used to ride trains, trams, busses, ferries all over the Netherlands. We found the simple“anonymous” OV chip card that can be topped up with credit over and over again to be invaluable. The card itself expires in 5 years. We stopped at…