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#13

#13

My canal view window

Courtyard at Kaarsenmakerstraat;
caretaker's house in the background

Kaarsenmakerstraat 7-121
I just found out that this means "Candlemaker's street"

Neighborhood

Dairy man at Breestraat market;
cheese is wonderfully cheap & delicious!

Dutch Operation

At an antique shop by the market

Old Dutch record collection at the market

Wheel of Farmer's cheese from Boerenambacht, Netherlands,
postcards, and cigarette case from the outdoor market

Neighborhood kitty

Windmill

Crazy old Dutchman

Pieterskerk, the oldest church in Leiden dating back to the 1100s;
The original 400ft steeple was originally used as a beacon for sailors in the North Sea until it collapsed in 1512

Obligatory

Sweet bikes everywhere -
this one is the Dutch national colors, blue and orange

Ginger n appel pancake -
Note the Dutch awesomeness of the Bruegel placemat

Pannekoekenhuis de Schaapsbel

Pancake house!
Mora (Boston, USA), Jeske (Leiden, Netherlands), Sandra (Leiden, Netherlands), Margaret, Roxanne (La Rochelle, France), Gaye (La Rochelle, France)