An Afternoon in Dordrecht...

I spent a nice spring day in Dordrecht with Cora. It had been years since I’d been in this city near Rotterdam. First we went to an art exhibition, then had lunch by the water.

In medieval times, property taxes were based on the width of a property, so Dutch buildings ended up thin and tall as a way to avoid taxes. Eventually the government caught on and started charging taxes based on the number of windows. Here is a great example of how windows used to be bricked in to avoid taxes.

Love the red shutters on this old building in the historic harbor.

Cool combination of old and new: an old ship covered in solar panels.

We visited the Grote Kerk, where we saw these modern stained glass windows.