Lucy’s New Adventures_2018

Three days in Delft 17th - 20th May  Arriving in Delft - 17th May I arrived in Delft mid-afternoon, settled in at Hotel Leeuwenbrug and walked into the centre. I found the Tourist Office, picked up some leaflets and a walking guide to Delft and sat in a bar in the Market Square planning an itinerary for the next couple of days. Portret van Willem van Oranje (1620 - 1624) A day in Delft - 18th May I hadn’t realised that Delft was such an important town in the history of The Netherlands. All I knew about it before I visited was Delft Blue Porcelain (Delfts Blauw). But William of Orange went to live there in 1572 and led the revolt against the Spanish. The town prospered and became wealthy during the 17th Centuary Golden Age (Gouden Eeue) of expansion and trade. The artist Johannes Vermeer also came from Delft and there is a museum devoted to him,  but I saw some of his paintings when I was in Den Haag, including the ‘View of Delft’. Gezicht op Delft c.1660 - Johannes Vermeer...

I wrote this post last week and thought I had published it, but when I checked this morning it seems to have disappeared. Probably because the WiFi where I was staying was very temperamental. I lost some emails as well.) it was quite a long, detailed post, but I am o my going to rewrite a summary of my first week away so that I can bring the blog up to date. Lucy Goes Back to The Netherlands  May & June 2018 This year Lucy has decided to go back to places and countries that she fell in love with last year and learn more about them. First she spent a week in January going back to Iceland to see it in the snow and ice. (See previous post.) Then, when she got home, she booked a ferry to The Netherlands, the fabulous country of the bicycle, made herself an orange jumper, painted her clogs orange and spent a couple of months pouring over travel books and learning Dutch.  I hope that this will be a fairly leisurely five-week cycle ride around The Netherlands, with lots of stops...