Lovely Leiden & Lakes

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On our walking tour of Leiden.
One of the many beautiful buildings in town.
The oldest building in Leiden, now an American Pilgrim Museum. After the pilgrims fled England, this is where they came to live, before sailing to America in the 1600’s.
I love the windows in this great old building.
From the 1500’s until 1961 this was the Holy Ghost Orphanage which housed 700 orphans. While the locals offered them shelter, they also worked them hard in an age long before labor laws. Children were also brought in from other countries to be “taken care of” and put to work in the cloth industry.
The entrance gate to the Holy Ghost Orphanage.
Look how this sign “candy coated” the place.
A budding Randy Rainbow, perhaps? “If we could all see the world through the eyes of a child, we would see the magic in everything.”
After touring town we biked out to the countryside and around the lakes of Leiden.
Pretty sure these fields of flowers are sold in cut flower bouquets. Beautiful to pedal by them.
We took a few ferries along the route. Fun!
Stopped for lunch at a cozy cafe and watched people on small boats working the locks. All self serve!
Talk about hitting the spot! Elderberry lemonade with mint and ICE!!!
Our bike bath went right through the farmer’s field – loved it!
The lakes of Leiden – magnificent!
Back into town after a 30 mile jaunt. Time for showers and dinner!
At the train station heading for the airport then on to Italy. We’ll meet the Tewksburys and you there!
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  2. What a lovely place to walk and bike. It gives such a feeling of peacefulness. A nice respite from the world we are bombarded with at present. Thank you for the beautiful pictures😘

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