The market Utrecht is always fascinating. It sits right next to the huge Hoog Catharijne shopping center. What a contrast in shopping styles! You can buy just about anything at the market.
Linda with a freshly made Stroopwafel - still warm from the stall in the market. Yummmm!
We thought of Taylor when we saw this storefront. One of the bookbags says "I've got 99 problems, but a book ain't one". She loves to read (and teaches 7th grade English).
I think that some of that vinyl from the market ended up on this bike box!
The Domtoren dominates the Utrecht scenery, and can be seen from many points along the Oudegracht.
Modilaine is a local knitting shop. Linda found a great knitting bag which is made by the daughter of the owner. Since we enjoyed a lot of fresh grown strawberries during our time in the Netherlands, it seemed an appropriate choice.
Geertstraat is the "side street" next to 319 Oudegracht. At the end of it is Geertekerk, the church where my Grandfather and Grandmother met. Back then, it was a Dutch Reformed Church, having started it's life as a Catholic church until 1580 when it became protestant during "the Alteration". Now it is a Remonstrant church.
Because it was Open Monumentendag, the church was having a free organ concert. I would have loved to stay, but we had plans for the afternoon so there was no time for it. What we heard was wonderful (and it just happens to be one of my favorite pieces of organ music by Bach).
In the afternoon we visited nearby Tienhoven where De Trouwe Wachter is located. This is the windmolen where my great-grandmother Jannetje van Garderen was born in 1852. Unfortunately, we were not able to meet up with our friends Jan & Elles Verbiest - the family who now take care of the mill. We were disappointed, but visited the mill anyway. I always think it is one of the prettiest mills, in the prettiest location, that I have ever seen.
No blue skies with puffy, white clouds this visit, but it is always one of my favorite places in the Netherlands.
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