Gouda Cheese Market

Yes, this is where the cheese comes from! Make sure you pronounce it properly: "howda."

Thursday morning is the Cheese Market which opens at 10 a.m. with a cheese ceremony. Local cheese makers bring their Gouda cheese to the market and stamp it as authentic. Retailers bid on the batches. A deal is sealed by an elaborate hand slapping ceremony. Here are some pictures. Note the cheesie girls (including Kathleen):














Here's the lovely town hall in Gouda:




Here's Don's shot of two unsuspecting ladies:




Which reminds me, here's Don's shot from Kathleen's window of two unsuspecting ladies:




Here's the Gouda Express:



Of course, we had to buy some Gouda cheese before we left:



By the way, it was delicious!




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Location:Gouda