One of the people we work with in the lab told Megan and I that we could take the train to a few cities in the Netherlands for free, so we planned a trip to Venlo last weekend! Venlo is right across the German border, and it was only a 1.5 hour train ride to get there. Here are some of the pictures I took and things we saw!
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| This cute little water feature is also a drain for the street! Those clever Dutch people... |
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| Everyone was sitting outside and enjoying their Sunday morning when we arrived, and the town looked so peaceful that we were worried it wouldn't be any fun! A bit later in the day though, the city center was bustling. |
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| I thought this was a church, but it might be the town hall! Everywhere we looked, there were Pride flags, and one of the streets even had the crosswalk painted to look like a rainbow :) |
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| Narrow streets with tall houses <3 |
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| Inside the cafe where we had breakfast! I definitely was not cool enough to be eating there... It was very hipster looking and very delicious! |
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| The river! I don't think you can swim in it, but people were playing along the banks and relaxing in the sun every time we walked past. |
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| The grocery store was honestly one of the coolest parts :) They had Parma hanging from the ceiling, and I assume they just slice pieces off when someone orders it? Megan and I also sampled raw herring with onions and it was...interesting. |
Now I'm getting ready to go back to the Netherlands, this time to The Hague and Amsterdam! It will be cool to see the difference between this small city and the big, tourist-y ones I'm about to visit. Wish me luck!
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