June 8, 2022
Delft to Gouda
rain, rain, rain
We started today with a visit to the "New Church", called that because its only 600 yr old! The old church was available to see too, but we wanted to get on the road as the rain looked like it would get worse.
Before starting, we made a strategic decision to miss Kinderdijk - a Unesco World Heritage site, that I really wanted to see; but the rain convinced us it wouldn't look quite like the below (internet) photo anyway, and it would have doubled the distance.
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We started out riding along canals with many, many "happy cows".
The cows are happy because the food is plentiful, and they are not (usually) raised for meat, rather for dairy. You can guess this from all the cheese here, along with a multitude kinds of yoghurt-like products in the grocery.
As it rained the whole way, not a lot of photos today along the route. Rather more urban as well, but always a lane on which to ride a bike. Right now, in our room that looks like a Chinese laundry, we have clothes hung up to dry.
Walking to dinner, we passed more cute houses with unique milk delivery options....
Finally, walking home after a fantastic dinner, we passed a street which could easily have been a Vermeer painting.
Today's ride: 30 km (19 miles)
Total: 229 km (142 miles)
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