Sao Darly

After a visit to De Burcht, I headed toward the direction of Leiden Law School, which is near the university botanical garden. Over the Corn Bridge is Wedding Street and there was a wedding taking place. Then it was a couple of quick shots of my favorite building in town, what else but the university book store. No more running to this place to reserve text books anymore.

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If you ever come to the Netherlands, then add Leiden to your list of places to visit. It’s not so far from Amsterdam and a good jumping point to go to the tulip fields or the beaches in Katwijk or the Hague. After a hike up the hill to the Burcht, then you can have a drink at the foot of the hill.

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De Burcht gives a nice view of Leiden and free admission makes it even more attractive to hike up the few steps and takes some good pictures while you are walking around. Here is what the inside of the Burcht looks like and a view of Leiden center.

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Another episode of Lao Health and Beauty TV show from Lao Star Channel in Laos.

With enough pictures of the Hooglandse Kerk to show my relatives I headed back toward the Corn Bridge and went to check out the gateway where all the tourists were taking photos and talking in languages I didn’t understand. I decided to follow them to see what is hiding behind these buildings. But first I was distracted by this bicycle. I’m going to have to get one of these when I have a couple of kids.

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After taking enough photos of the Koornbrug, I decided to cross the bridge to and went into one of the side streets, just to see what’s on the other side. As fate would have it, the street came to an end and merged into two ways street and I saw the Hooglandser Kerk (Hooglandse Church) on the right side . By this time the wind was getting so strong and it was difficult to hold the camera. It was getting too chilly for me but I was glad to be wearing my jacket. I tried my best and took as much pictures as I could before heading for a warmer spot in the city.

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After hiding from the rain for 45 minutes inside V&D department store, I ventured out toward the Koornbrug or Corn bridge to take some more photos of my favorite bridge. Like I don’t have enough pictures of it already.

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After taking enough pictures of the windmill museum in Leiden, I walked straight down to what the international students at Leiden University called “McDonald’s Square” and you can guess how the place got its name. I was able to take a few photos before the rain started to pour down while the sun was shining. I was so busy taking pictures and didn’t notice my camera was getting wet. At some point I took out the umbrella to shelter the camera so I can take a few more pictures while walking toward the town hall.

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I often walk past the windmill museum in Leiden on my way to the Leiden University Internationl Student Office, the Student Plexus, the Faculty of Arts, or the University Botanical Garden. On this particular Friday I noticed some ducks, well at least that’s what I thought they were hanging around the historical windmill. I decided to join them and tried my best to not step on their poops, wearing a long white skirts and all.

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Leiden is no doubt a city of bicyles being a university town and all. To get from point A to B you must have a bike here as a student, unless you want to either walk or take public transportation. I mostly walk and take public transportation because I am not that comfortable with riding a biycle in a crowded area. I am not afraid of getting run over by a car since there are plenty of bike paths to follow. I am more worried about running my bike into a car. Perhpas some day I will fee confident enough to ride on the main streets without fearing of running into anyone.

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