Yesterday I posted about Amsterdam and taking pictures in awful weather, well I am at home today because I woke up with the plague and was told not to come in to the office so I will write about where I was before Amsterdam.
I was in Edam! Not just a cheese, but the historic town where Edam cheese is made. Despite my family being from holland, I had never been to Edam (as well as lots of other places) but I am glad to have made the time.
The one thing Edam is most famous for is the cheese market. People flock from all over to come to Edam and buy cheese at the market. Though its not just a market, its a display of the town's historic cheese market traditions and practices.
Edam is riddled with canals which the farmers use to transport their cheese to the market.
Once there the guys in white uniforms take the cheeses and transport them over to the market. I think they are all volunteers otherwise they only work like one day a week.
I like the look of the guy on the right.. kinda like he's done something bad and is trying to look casual :)
Aside from the cheese, Edam is a beautifully historic town with wonderful architecture. All the buildings in the center of the town are still the original buildings from god knows when.. and they're beautiful.
Some even look like they were homemade.. and instead of using a spirit level to assure everything was straight they just kind of eyeballed it.
Surrounded by canals that go around and through the town you can bet there are plenty of those iconic dutch drawbridges. I do love them. They are so unique and so recognisably dutch!
More bridges..
and more
even more..
one more for luck..
This one's my favourite view of the town, it looks so peaceful and green, and it looks like they replaced the roads with canals (they didn't).
I like visiting historic towns, especially ones where people still actively live their lives. It gives you a wonderful view of the past and the culture of a place, it has character and tells a story.
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