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Don't go walking on broken glass, but you are welcome to tread all over Delftware, the town's ubiquitous blue-and-white China meticulously crafted from skills brought home by merchants from the Orient in the 15th century.
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On the left, the oval windows in Delft's town hall remind me of the Buddha eyes you see painted on Nepali temples.
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Eating is believing: Delft's Stads-Koffyhuis IS the best sandwich shop in Delft.
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One of the best things about Alex's Choice at Delft's Stads-Koffyhuis is it leaves you room for pear pie.
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Come join the cult of Stads-Koffyhuis' Satanic Coffee, which is very strong koffie with chopped ginger, chocolate, ginger liqueur, and whipped cream.
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The Leaning Tower of Oude Kerk Delft!
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Delft canals, cleaner than Amsterdam's, likely not many glass pipes at the bottom.
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A luxurious, late-Gothic private mansion built for patrician Jan de Huyter in 1505, one of Delft's most famous buildings.
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Delft window dressing.
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In front of the Oude Kerk Delft, a statue of Gertrude van Oosten, a Dutch mystic who frequently experienced stigmata.
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The Oude Kerk Delft's clock tower.
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The best wheels on earth - bicycles in Delft.
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Autumn al fresco in Delft.
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A most conscientiously poured St. Feuillien tripel at 't Klooster, a brown cafe specializing in crafts of the Low Countries and of course, Brouwerij de Molen.
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I had a dream there were clouds in my Delft skyline.
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Apfelkorn - apple liqueur - set the table for supper at the wonderfully warm and rustic Eetcafé De Ruif.
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Bammo - six years ago at Le Petit Pontoise in Paris' Latin Quarter, I had a duck so expertly skilleted (tart forest berries slowly cooking even as the dish was served, slowly oozing flavor and juice) that I have never had duck as good since.
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I am thankful for Holland's proximity to Belgium - multi-dimensional, hand-cut frites are the best thing in a cone, after ice cream.
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You know a town's been around a long time when its New Church is, oh, just a few hundred years old - Delft's Nieuwe Kerk.
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Delft's town hall at night.
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Across the Delft train station platform, welcome graffiti.
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The Nieuwe Kerk Delft by day.
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And the Delft town hall by day.
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That's what I'm talking about - rack up the bike mileage!