A Day in Delft from Caity

Today I went to Delft. Delft is in Holland and settled in about the 1200`s. It is known for the blue and white pottery mainly found in delft. Delft is where William of Orange set up his home base. His home base is where he and an army fought against the Spanish. After 80 years of fighting the Spanish king hired someone to kill William of Orange. William of orange was then shot on in 1584 on a flight stairs in what is now known as the Prinsenhof  museum in Delft. In the 1500`s there was an explosion of all explosives for Holland,it destroyed most of the city which was then rebuilt.

The famous painter Vermeer lived there and painted the girl with the pearl earring, more of his paintings are now in the Prinsen hof.

 We went on a pretty ordinary day for Holland slightly over cast. The Train is a good way to get from Dordrecht to delft it is efficient and fast. When you get off the train be sure to take the right exit or you could find yourself in the middle of a construction site. When you get there some things you must do are the Prinsen hof museum, the leger museum, seeing the old and new kerk which means the old and new church looking around in the market area and going to the lollie shop.  My favourite part was the Leger Museum. In the Leger museum the first part we went to was the kids part. In the kids part you would stand in a cell and be yelled at for a minute or so and then the door would open. The first activity we did was you press a start button and you have to climb up a wall which of course I did elegantly (NOT) then you walk over a plank of wood which was nothing to brag about then you jump off a box about 1 and half meters I landed with a majestic thud then you crawl under rope which I did with an ear piercing scream then you crawl through a tunnel and press a stop button and you get a time my first time was 56.3 but I brought it down to 11.9 which was an achievement  for me.  Then we went on through the rest of the museum which had lots of things about wars. After we did the leger museum we decided to head back to the train station and end the day in delft.If I were to sum up our day in delft o would say a plesent day for all ages and some great shopping opportunities for another time.With a score of …

10/10   great place to go!!!      

Caity O`Brien