Português
EnglishRoute of the 3rd day : Leiden – Total km/day: 38.19 km – (gpx)
Accommodation: private room at Hélène’s (Vrienden op de Fiets) place
Link to trip map: http://u.osmfr.org/m/93840/
- Our third day of cycling began being driven by Ap (host in Leiden) to leave the city. He kindly guided us to the first point of the route.
- As I love the sea, I took the advice of our hosts and rode through the dunes to the North Sea and from there we went to The Hague.
- In Delft, we stayed right on the historic center. In market in the central square I ate my first herring of the trip. As always, I loved it. My father did not even tried.
- One of the peculiarities of Delft are the crooked buildings, falling to one side. The most impressive is one of the great central churches, it is visibly fallen to the side. We did a boat tour and the guide explained to us that the main church has already begun to fall in the construction phase. Many of these buildings have several supporting structures to stand on. That seemed to be common here in these cities surrounded by water .
Uma noite de sono reparador em Leiden nos deu mais ânimo para prosseguir nossa viagem com destino a Delft. Por sugestão do casal Zwinkels, que, inclusive, nos ofereceu um mapa com toda a rota traçada, desviamos nossa rota original, e fomos até o litoral, num passeio deslumbrante sobre as dunas do Mar do Norte, com parada refrescante e restauradoras na capital do país, Haia.
De Haia, retomamos nosso caminho para Delft, onde chegamos ao final da tarde. Estava a nos esperar a Sra Hélène, uma belga muito simpática que vive na Holanda há já muitos anos (veio para estudar arquitetura). Na conversa com nossa anfitriã, falei da passagem dos belgas pelo Rio Grande do Sul, especialmente na construção da ferrovia, sendo que hoje um dos cartões postais de Santa Maria é a belíssima Vila Belga. Ela ficou muito feliz de saber desse episódio de seus compatriotas no distante Rio Grande do Sul.
Passeamos pela cidade, suas ruas, suas igrejas, seus bares, enfim, Delft nos pareceu uma cidade muito linda e acolhedora.
Renato Brunet
kb_eu16bike_0428kb_eu16bike_0456kb_eu16bike_0460kb_eu16bike_0465kb_eu16bike_0478kb_eu16bike_0470kb_eu16bike_0497kb_eu16bike_0488kb_eu16bike_0492kb_eu16bike_0507kb_eu16bike_0535kb_eu16bike_0556kb_eu16bike_0571kb_eu16bike_0582kb_eu16bike_0589kb_eu16bike_0616kb_eu16bike_0620kb_eu16bike_0422kb_eu16bike_0683kb_eu16bike_0684kb_eu16bike_0690kb_eu16bike_0703kb_eu16bike_0717kb_eu16bike_0721kb_eu16bike_0738kb_eu16bike_0742kb_eu16bike_0782kb_eu16bike_0784
Social Profiles