We got up, did our best to cool off in the showers, and packed and headed south... On the map, we had seen this amazing highway built right on an atlantic wall - a huge dike holding back the sea. We didn't realize it was 3 meters below sea level on one side. So driving thru, there was not much to see of the Atlantic ocean on our right (just the wall), but on our left was a huge below-sea-level inland lake/sea! We could have made a stop half-way to climb the wall and have a look at the atlantic, but feeling so hot, we didn't want to stop and walk around in our Draggin' Jeans. We stopped by the city of Delft, famous for its porcelein works, copied (and improved?) from China long ago. In
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