We've started a Saturday lunch tradition of going to Kobus Kuch for tomato soup (for Jon and I) and apple pie (for Greyson.) Since we were out of town on Saturday, we decided to go there when we arrived back in Delft. The weather was actually warm, so we sat outside in one of the squares and had tomato soup and apple pie.
Monday was another religious holiday of some sort here in The Netherlands (they have more religious holidays here than we do in the US and yet a vast majority the Dutch consider themselves to be Atheist) and most stores were closed. We decided to go visit the Old and New Church. The inside of the New Church was pretty impressive. The Dutch Royal Family is buried in this church. We decided to climb the tower in the New Church. Greyson again did an awesome job climbing stairs (this time there were almost 400 steps.) The view was spectacular from the church tower.
We then walked over to the Old Church. It wasn't nearly as spectacular as the New Church; but was filled with a lot history. Johannes Vermeer (famous painter) and Anton Van Leeuwenhoek (inventor of the microscope.) are both buried here. Greyson's picture with Leeuwenhoek's grave is for his Uncle Sam!!
Dear Greyson, I will have to touch your shoes the next time I see you! Maybe we can make a Van Leeuwenhoek microscope and look at some animalcules! Love, Uncle Sam
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