We began the day with a walking tour of the city. Nijmegen is the oldest city in the Netherlands; about 2,000 years old. This is a part of the second city wall. When the citizens were outgrowing the first wall, a second wall was built further out. The Netherlands are basically flat and some parts below sea level however this city of Nijmegen is the highest point in the Netherlands. No levees needed to protect the inner city.
These plaques listed the names, ages and places of death of the Jews from the city who died during WWII. Most of them died at Auschwitz.
This building is in the main square and was the cloth market. The Netherlands is famous for its cloth making, especially adding color to the plain fabric when color was not really happening. We saw an old indigo dying building.
This is St. Stevens Church, built in the 13th century. It is now an Ecumenical church.
This building is typical of Dutch Renaissance. It was originally a Jesuit school,
Kim looks really, really happy. Notice the green leaf on the building behind him? This is a coffee shop which sells marijuana, legal in The Netherlands! The coffee shops are the only legal facility allowed to sell the weed.
This herring fish was cleaned by the vendor for one of our fellow passengers. That's what you call sushi! (Kim said he would eat it, too!)
Another one in our group taking down a raw herring just gutted and cleaned! This is Bob from Oklahoma.
DeeDee tasting the raw fish too!
We crowded our whole group into this local pub for some beer tasting. Dutch beer ain't bad!
Last stop on the city taste and see tour was one of program directors giving us class in the coffee shop on how to buy and roll hash and weed the way the locals do it legally! Of coarse the tasting was optional.!!!
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