Leiden This gallery shows photos of my trip to Leiden in March 2019. Landed at Schiphol and off to Leiden Centraal on the Dord treinLeiden Centraalmy hotel is just over the square!Hotel IbisVery handy for trainsen het centrumCan you tell I’min The Netherlands?Out the hotel,there’s the stationThe Molen De ValkDe Galgewate with the windcoming straight at meSafety! Cafe Vlot – the floating bar. Gezellig but choppy.Een biertje!Leiden is a university town and the scholars have bikes!The Dutch know how to make a G ‘n’ T. Lekker In Cafe Van BuurenReserveren kan makkelijk en snelBack to the HaugeTo see some art & buy some inkDen HaagOld and newThe girl with the pearllives here.The Hofvijver and BinnenhofBut look at that sky!The Hofvijver and BinnenhofThe provinces’ flagsInside the Binnenhof, very beautiful and still a working govt. centreInside the BinnenhofThe Hofvijver and BinnenhofAn old style Haagse tramFirst the book, then the film and now the musical.The Escher MuseumTrippy!The elegantt Museumkwartiert’ Goude Hoof hotel and bar in DH – lekker koffie!The Paleis Noordeinde, the Dutch Royals’ working palaceit’s just on a street!On this street actually, Paleisstraat.De Passage, home of Akkermans Pen & Ink shop I had a nice chat with the owner.A Brexit cartoon & a time zone jokeWoosh – suddenly I’m off to Amsterdam and the new Van Gogh MuseumDogs on the line? 😉It’s Friday so WRUW?The starkness of the Van Gogh museumIt’s beautiful insideThe Museumplein with the Rijksmuseum in the distanceRijksmuseum – Erg mooi gebouw en tentoonstelling!Saturday Marketin LeidenLekker kaas anyone?I’ve wanted a Dutch wordclock for ages but not at over €500!Election time! The man from the Over50s party tried to get me to vote for him! Cheek.The clouds suddenly became very interesting! I wonder why? Puff puff.Some Dutch things…A beautiful street scen by De Oude SIngel and the Lakenhal.The Hooglandse Kerk from the Burcht, the highest point in Leiden and siteof an ancient hill fort.And we’re climbing the BurchtLeiden’s rooftops from the BurchtOn the rather posh Oude SingelLeidenThe very posh RapenburgPart of the Lakenhal Museum which was closed – that’s an old doorThe Lakenhal museum – now an art museum but formerly the site of the cloth and wool guildsMarktsteeg – a old style street formerly for low paid workersOne cold day I decided to just jump on the train to Dordrecht. Had a nice wander, some Kibbelingand came back again.Train viewRainy train viewPieterskerk in LeidenThe houses that surround the churchThe Nieuwe RijnDe Oude RijnA 100 year old chemist shopDe Oude SingelDe hoogstraat orin English, the High Street:Cafe VlotThe Cattle Market square where livestock was traded years ago.Thank you KLM,Tot straks!Title Some train journeys through the Dutch countryside
