September 22, 2022
Delft to Rotterdam and Bruges
Fun on bikes and trains
We have a little time this morning to check out the Saturday market in Delft, then point our bikes south to Rotterdam.
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The route starts out as pleasant as ever, on quiet bike trails past horse farms and forested areas along the Schie River.
There's room for improvement of my route mapping skills on RidewithGPS. Early on a car passes us quite closely and we realize that we are on a narrow road, not the bike trail. Apparently the driver was sending us a message that we shouldn't be there. Got it. No stress, we meander off to find another bike trail that eventually goes the right direction towards Rotterdam.
We pull into Rotterdam with a couple hours to spare before our train to Bruges. That's plenty of time for a little tour of the harbor. The little loop at the south end of today's map shows our route over the Rhine River on the Williams Bridge and back on the Erasmus Bridge.
Rotterdam is a shiny new city compared to the rest of the Netherlands, completely rebuilt after Hitler's Wehrmacht flattened it in the 1940 blitz. The bike paths on the bridges offer sweeping views of the modern skyline.
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At the Rotterdam train station, we're getting better at bagging the bikes, converting the panniers to backpacks and navigating the station. Good thing because today there are two trains, first to Brussels, then to Bruges.
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From the station it's a short easy ride to our AirBnb. We're excited to explore Bruges tomorrow a velo.
Today's ride: 35 km (22 miles)
Total: 148 km (92 miles)
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