DELFT IS SUCH A LOVELY AND LOVINGLY PRESERVED TOWN WITH ITS WORLD FAMOUS 'GREAT MARKET SQUARE' AND NETWORK OF CANALS THAT TO VISIT HOLLAND AND NOT COME TO DELFT IS SACRILIGIOUS.
Barge on one of Delft's innumerable canals
Treelined canal
Natives relaxing by the canal or maybe they are also tourists
Kitschy paddle boats quite spoil the ambiance as they should be more artistic
Floating restaurant on canal
Same view
Bicycles are everywhere! And Holland is so rich but the locals love biking, even the Dutch Queen
Clogs and tulips represent Holland
Delft's City Hall and New Church at opposite ends of the Great Market Square
Daniel, Princess Becky, Linda, Angie, Raphael and Gloria Mantz
This high end shop sells expensive Delft porcelain made in Delft itself so the lovely pieces cost a bomb, unless the normal shops selling identikit pieces made in China!
At least these cheeses are really made in Holland
The New Church is around 600 years old!
Tulips, cheese, clogs and New Church
The man with the open mouth is a local icon
The stalls in the openair market sell all the usual stuff like clothes, food, drinks and souvenirs
New Church
To market, to market!
Happy Mantz family
He needs a makeover desperately
This gull has no respect for Cornelius de Groot, the advocate who established the international codex of law which explains why The Hague is home to the International Court of Justice
Pesky gull shitting on the head of poor Cornelius de Groot the great lawyer
Bad birdie
The twin turrets are the Eastern Gates
The New Church
Els, Lisa and Jos;The family that own and run Holland House, the best souvenir shop in Delft that sells pretty blue and white Delft porcelain at rock bottom, unbeatable prices. Well, the 'Delft' porcelain are actually made in China but they are obviously not sold in China so you might as well buy them at Holland House!
Look what I found in my box of strawberries at 2.5 euros for 2 boxes---a super rare double strawberry! I should have sold it to a museum to be preserved for a million euros but I ate it as it will bring me great good luck and make all my wishes come true
Bikes and blooms
Eat pasta and watch the canal flow by
Picturesque
Bet food tastes better on a berthed barge
Pretty as postcard
Postcard perfect
The City Hall of Delft
Delft-blue sky
Tulips, City Hall and New Church
City Hall and New Church
A nation of bikes
Kee Hua Chee as the Tiger of Delft
Kee Hua Chee caused a major fashion stir in staid Delft with his tiger outfit
So pretty it looks like Potemkin village
Too perfect to be real but this is real!
Loos with a view! Crown Prince Willem-Alexander the Prince of Orange and Crown Princess Maxima
Look at the loos! Crown Prince of Holland Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima denote the Male and Female toilets!
Princess Becky Leogardo, Daniel Mantz and Michael Mantz
Kee Hua Chee wearing Dutch clogs
Daniel Mantz and Kee Hua Chee
Delft City Hall
Ornate facade of City Hall of Delft
The New Church at opposite end where Dutch kings and queens are buried
Lifesized toy soldier
The roads are for biking it seem
Reflections
The still waters reflect the houses wonderfully
I took these 3 pictures in The Hague from Michael Mantz's car in order of appearance. Notice the sharp, angular building stands on its own
I thought it was attached to the other building but this is a free standing structure
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