On the 3rd day, we met our friend Joop at the Delft train station and went to have a coffee at a local pub. It was raining quite hard this day, but we managed to venture out and tour the Old Church (Oude Kerk - circa 1246) and New Church (16th or 17th century?). John and Joop also began a quest to find Vermeer's home. Unfortunately, Vermeer's home had been demolished (and his body interred in 1675), but from the looks of the town, I can only imagine that it was little changed from his time, so, at the least, we may have been able to see some of what the painter saw. We then took the train back to Rotterdam, took a short walk around the city, stopped by Joop's place and then had a wonderful dinner at a new restaurant nearby.
View across canal from Vermeer's homesite in Delft
A Good Place to Rest
A Better Place to Rest
William 'the Silent' of Orange - 1st true King of Holland
The Best Place to Rest
The story is that William, the Silent's, dog was faithful to the end. When William died, the dog curled up at his feet and never left him. Eventually, the dog also passed and was buried with William.
Thinking, thinking, thinking...
Two Tough Guys
Government Building in Rotterdam
Erasmus Bridge
Dutch Cowgirl Watches over the King
King Watches the Cowgirl
Williams lays very Silent
Music and Light in the Old Church
One of 4 organs in the church. Services still held every Sunday.