Saturday, January 31, 2015

Zwolle

Saturday January 31, 2015

We made an offer on marktplatz (the Dutch version of Craigslist) to buy a used orange footmuff for our bugaboo stroller that was available in Zwolle. We made a daytrip out of it. Now Brooklyn is fully equipped for the winter months in her stroller without the need for blankets.
Zwolle is the capital city of the Overijssel, a province east of Amsterdam and Utrecht. The city center of Zwolle is star-shaped from its old establishment as a fortified city surrounded by a moat. The 17th century 9 bastions that protect the city still exist.
After picking up the footmuff we stopped for lunch at a bookstore café in a church at Waanders In de Broeren
Bookstore 








Cuties hanging out in the bookstore while mommy takes photographs
Het Oversticht, Zwolle old town brick wall 

Zwolle, a beautiful quaint Dutch town
Zwolle moat waterway along remnants of the old town walls 
I love old shutters and gable hoist cable on this building 



Brooklyn and Dad enjoying the scenery in Zwolle 

Our beautiful girl 
Basiliek van Onze Lieve Vrouw 

Museum de Fundatie, an art museum topped with a crazy space egg atop a Neoclassical building 

There were some beautiful mansions along the west and south side of the moat

Sassenpoort, a 1409 medieval brick gate structure that guards the southern entrance with spiky turrets 

We had a good time walking around and decided to drive the hour and half home.

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