Delft, Netherlands –
“It’s the coldest winter since 1928,” the man behind the counter told us.
Great.
It had been spring-like weather the week before, but we happened to be visiting during an extreme cold snap, with high winds.
We were not prepared.
So, after a brief bit of shopping for a hat that wouldn’t fly off my head with the slightest breeze, we backtracked a little to take a few photos of things we had passed on our walk from the B&B where we were staying.
As we were taking our photos, we ended up just outside the Primehof, the former palace of William of Orange.
As with many former palaces across Europe, it was now a museum.
I think this must have something to do with palaces having lots of large, spacious rooms. These tend to lend them to become museums over other potential uses.
That and often being centrally located in town.
It all adds up.
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