15-22 deg C, a light drizzle in the early morning, clearing to lovely sunny, but cool day
Walk G: 10km; total; 647km
Walk W: 7km; total: 536km
Last night, when reviewing the city map, what we had seen and not seen, we discovered a large building that we thought required investigating. So, after taking our time over breakfast, then doing some pre-packing and having mornos in the room, we meandered down the main street to Provincial/Pavilion House Welgelegen. This is an 18th-century neoclassical building, which started life as a mansion, hosting many famous people, including Napoleon himself. It’s now the state parliament for Northern Holland and part of it is open to the public. Some nice things on display and it was easy to see it was a converted mansion.
Along the way, we saw lots of very weird sculptures, a few of which are shown below. The rest were just too weird to rate a photo. Someone must have thought they were okay or they wouldn’t have gone to all the trouble of installing them.
We had lunch in our room then a little rest before wandering off to visit Amsterdamse Poort that is more a gate than a port. We suspect the term is interchangeable. The light was not the best but we took pics anyway.
Of course our day wouldn’t be entirely complete without a visit to another lovely old church. This one, Saint Joseph’s, was very plain and unpretentious on the outside but inside was very beautiful. So much so that we want to go back tomorrow for a longer visit and more photos. There was a meeting going on in one corner and we didn’t want to interrupt that.
We then hit the supermarket for dinner supplies, that we consumed in our room before completing the end of day routine.
Only two more sleeps until we start the long haul home!
Town Hall, pity about the truck, they were setting up for a market day in the square.
Provincial House Welgelen
Part of the old kitchen
Lovely old sink and faucets
The Ladies room at Provincial House Welgelen
Some of the very weird sculptures
GIANT Centaur GIRL
The Successor
Girozoom Inc.
Hirondelle - we didn’t mind this one.
Telephone booths stacked 4 high, have no idea what it’s called
Some colourful flowers
Amsterdamse Poort (Gate)
Called Amsterdam due to it being on that side of the city
Twin firing positions in the wall of the Gate
You can see where the drawbridge would have been
St Joseph’s
We have to go back when there’s more time.
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