{"id":10,"date":"2007-07-31T04:39:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-31T04:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dov-gadol.ca\/blog\/bosn\/2007\/07\/31\/the-domtoren-dom-tower\/"},"modified":"2007-07-31T04:39:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-31T04:39:00","slug":"the-domtoren-dom-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dov-gadol.ca\/blog\/boasn\/2007\/07\/31\/the-domtoren-dom-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"The Domtoren (Dom Tower)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Dom Tower of Utrecht is the tallest church tower in the Netherlands, at 112 metres (368 feet) in height, and the hallmark of the city. The tower was part of Dom Church, the medieval cathedral of Utrecht, and was built between 1321 and 1382.
http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dom_Tower_of_Utrecht<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some of the best views of Utrecht are from the top of the tower.<\/p>\n

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City View<\/div>\n
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the Dom Church (whats left of it)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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My Workout<\/b>
I walked ALL the way to the top! All 465 steps, every last one of them. They are doing some maintenance work on the tower, so it was easy to imagine what it might have been like in the 14th century Let\u2019s lust say I really like my job<\/p>\n

Utrecht<\/b>
I also spent time walking around Utrecht, exploring the streets, getting lost, learning how to read a map….you really do need to know where you are to be able to figure out where you’re going.<\/p>\n

Today was Frites day, I had my first Belgian fries with Mayo for lunch…well….I did walk up all those steps, didn’t I?
Dinner was much Better, health wise, fresh Herring with onions and sweet pickles and a bottle of water. DELICIOUS<\/p>\n

A typical Dutch delicacy is raw herring (Hollandse Nieuwe). This is typically eaten with raw onions. Hollandse nieuwe is only available in spring when the first seasonal catch of herring is brought in. This is celebrated in festivals such as the Vlaardingen Herring Festival
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A soused herring, Zoute Haring Dutch, or Matjes (German, Swedish), is an especially mild salt herring, which is ripened using enzymes in a salty solution, or brine. In the Netherlands they are called maatjesharing which means maiden herring
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If you’re a vegetable….I mean vegetarian…oops….sorry<\/p>\n

\u201cYour raiment, O herring, displays the rainbow colors of the setting sun, the patina on old copper, the golden-brown of Cordoba leather, the autumnal tints of sandalwood and saffron. Your head, O herring, flames like a golden helmet, and your eyes, are like black studs in circlets of copper
~Joris Karl Huysmans (1848-1907) French author, as quoted in Larousse Gastronomique (1988)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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