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Center City: Once again Mary is figuring out where we are and where we need to go.
Flood of 1953 Then and now….. |
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“I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree” “When you start on your journey to Ithaca then pray that the road is long…. A poem for every occasion! Once the convent’s garden, now a playground. Mary got bombed with a flying stick that got away from a small boy who just picked it up and walked away without a backward glance. |
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Restaurant Traiteur Zest on the small busy Nieuwstraat.
The very helpful (and very busy!) waitress explained what exactly was on the Tapas plate for two that Mary and I had ordered. We had just started to eat when I heard Rick’s voice. I looked back and there were Randal and Rick walking along Nieuwstraat towards us. But they were supposed to be in Rotterdam getting our VHF radio reprogramed. The ICom repair man who’d visited DoraMac in Vlissingen couldn’t repair it but thought the Rotterdam shop could. Papendrecht was a 50 minute water taxi and then an expensive land taxi to the shop in Rotterdam but certainly muchcloser than Vlissingen had been. Randal had called and emailed ahead of their visit, but to no avail as when they arrived in person the shop didn’t seem to have the correct computer program to fix the problem. So they returned to Dordrecht to find a hardware shop but instead found us. It was perfect timing as we had too much food for the two of us. Though the guys had eaten they had room for a bit more so the plate was licked clean by the time we had finished. I actually liked the little sausage things and the and the small pimento like peppers stuffed with cream cheese. Mary and I liked different bits on the plate so it all worked out especially well and the guys ate anything.
“If food be like music, play on.” Traitor Zest “Reflections on a selfie.” “If music be the food of love, play on.” Twelfth Night |
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Dordrecht Bibliotheek
A very friendly book shop across the street from the library. We had a lovely chat with the owner who had only recently become a book shop owner. Of course most books were in Dutch. We saw 2 Edward Gorey books, one in Dutch and one a picture book. The book seller told us his daughter always wanted him to make up stories to go with the pictures. |
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A day of weddings at the City Hall
Concentrating very hard to get the flowers just right on the car but then….
Everyone just went walking down the street.
“The neoclassical façade that the Stadhuis (city hall) received in the 19th century hided the medieval secret behind this building with its cellars with groined vaults and its roof with the original wooden construction, was built in the 14th century as the Flemish commodity exchange. It became the home of the city council in 1544. When you visit (which we didn’t have time to do) explore the hunting room, the 18th century prison in the attic and the wedding room with wall paintings by Reinier Kennedy.” VVV Tourist Guide 2014
Then lots of cheering and commotion just before this car drove up with a bride and groom. I asked a man next to me who it was? “The man is nobody famous,” was his reply. So I don’t know. |
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This cube was on the side of the City Hall. “The monument "You have to tell your children ‘in Dordrecht consists of two parts. On the facade of the town hall is a stone cube-shaped plaque attached with a text and a Star of David. In the hall, the town hall is a white pillar. Opposite the names of the projected 221 Jewish war victims from Dordrecht. DORDRECHT LOST HER JEWISH COMMUNITY RESULT OF GENOCIDE BY THE NAZIS in 1945. " |
