Delft, etc!

Friday morning Andrew drove me to the Haarlem train station where I caught the train to Amsterdam Centraal. From there I took the Tram down to the Museumplein stop where I met some of the AWCA (American Women's Club of Amsterdam) women in front of the Van Gogh Museum to go to Delft. While I was waiting I took a walk around....

When we arrived in Delft, the first thing we saw as we were crossing the bridge was this!

The Netherlands prepares for the Netherlands vs. Denmark game!

If you look closely, you can see that this building is the same one in the painting done on the poster in the window.

We walked around a bit, then got on a canal cruise:

Did you know the swan on top of a church means it's a Lutheran church?!?

I cannot imagine trying to get out of my car when parking next to a canal!

Our guide said this church is leaning about 2 meters....

This is the Oude Kerk:

This is the Neuwe Kerk:

Cute little shop we saw on our way out:

Lisa dropped DeeDee and I off at the Zuid Station, where I caught the #51 train back to Centraal Station then caught the Intercity train to Haarlem:

I arrived home around 1830hrs. At around 2000hrs. our neighbors, Hetty, Michel and Bruce came over to visit. They were here till around midnight.  It's nice getting to know our neighbors!

Saturday morning Bruce, Andrew and I went shopping in Haarlem for groceries. From what I've heard Bruce is quite the cook!  He said he would show me where to shop for different types of food....sooooo, off we went at 0830hrs!  We went to at least 10 different shops, annnnd we went to the Grote Markt where there is an open market every Saturday with all kinds of different venders!  We bought some wonderful things!!!  Next week, I'm going to an AWCA Luncheon, so Andrew said he'd go with me to look for something to wear!

Sunday morning we slept in a bit.......kind of a lazy start to the day. We did some yard work...trimmed all the ivy and bamboo back and just cleaned up the garden. Then we did some walking downtown. We stopped and had a snack near the canal and watched all the boats go by!

As we were walking through town we saw this shop where they apparently make violins:

Later this afternoon Hans and Angela came over. Hans showed us how to fill the radiator system so that we will continue to have hot water and heat!  It needs to be done about every 9-10 months. He showed us how to read the pressure gauge on the heater so we'll know when it needs to be filled.  We took them out for a nice dinner at the Parck Restaurant.  The food was delicious!  I didn't think about taking pictures till dessert came--it was so pretty (and yummy!)

What a wonderful weekend! After dinner Hans and Angela went home and we decided to take Sammy for a short walk. The weather was so nice today we didn't want to waste one second of it! It also stays light till around 2230hrs!