Last weekend was soooo relaxing. My man is working way too hard, and needed a chill out weekend. We went to Delft in the Netherlands, in a very charming hotel: de Plataan, on the well-known Doelenplein where amongst others you also have the popular Lef French-alike bistro – we tried it, it was great-. We chose a room with a theme and got the Amber one, all in Maroccan design. It was full of colors, pillows, waterpipes, Arabic inscriptions etc, including sented candles for the jacuzzi with light therapy. We loved it. We enjoyed spending time on the terrace for probably the last time before the winter, and had a very cosy and elaborated late breakfast in the beautiful main room – with some newspapers that were put at our disposal on the big wooden table. The people there were extremely friendly, and we tried to capture the young black cudly housecat Pluisje to take him home. It was the perfect basis to wander around Delft.
There is not an awful lot to see in Delft, which was just perfect for the type of weekend we wanted. We wandered around the charming little town a lot, following all the small canals, stopping for drinks etc and looking at some fancy stores. We also went to the Vermeer museum, which was quite disappointing as it doesn’t hold one original painting, only reproductions. To see the girl with the pearl earring you need to go to Den Haag.
Some of the cute and trendy places we discovered:
- KEK: a shop with all kind of beautiful wanna-have but not very useful stuff, which also offers excellent sandwiches for brunch, special green smoothies, homemade cakes and very sugary coffees. One of the waitresses gave a ‘Mr.Right’ pillow to my boyfriend, picture perfect! Agree.
- Stads-koffyhuis: best pancakes ever! With view on the skewed tower of the church. Very cosy interior as well.
- Musthaves and Artifort: design interior shops – we found a beautiful massive wooden table there, as well as wooden and white cupboards etc.
- Mooi Lamazi: we had a coffee with a sip of alcohol there, and they made fresh lemon juice on request. The interior is great, with bricks, wood, black lookalike Eames chairs – which we also want for our interior – white, a bit industrial loft, hipsters inside, and very friendly waiters. Try it out. Together with the rest of the above.
Next stop will be London. Again. To visit my friend. Very much looking forward to the small pearls she will have discovered since my last visit. If you have any tips, feel free to share!
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