Since we can't ride because of weather we made a new plan. We picked up a rental car in Ghent this morning and drove to Den Bosch back in the Netherlands. The weather forecast was 0% chance of rain , so of course it rained all day.
Our particular reason for visiting the town of den Bosch was too see the Hieronymus Bosch Art Center , which has full size images of all of that amazing artist's known paintings. We've been fans of Bosch for a long time and have seen some of his paintings elsewhere but to see them all together reinforces our conviction that he was not only a wonderful creator of imaginative scenes obsessed with the devil and hell but also was crazy as a loon.
We also visited the St Jan's Cathedral, parts of which date from the 11th century, and is loaded with religious art from the 15th to 17th century. It is a marvel to us that so many cathedrals can be maintained and restored while providing security for priceless art treasures , while only a handful of people actually worship in them. We can't imagine where the money comes from.
After getting lost in the Maze of small one-way streets in the center of the town, which we fully expected to do, we made our way to a fine B&B, found a place to park , and found a good restaurant for dinner only a block away.
A good day. No pictures, you know what rain looks like.
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