Gouda, The Cheesy Town

Cheese is one of the legal things that Holland is known for. The round, yellow, tasty cheese that everyone knows and that one can imagine fired off ancient ship cannons instead of metal balls.

Gouda is the Dutch town that competes with a couple others for the primacy of cheese. Our expectations upon visiting it didn’t span much further that, but it admittedly surprised us with a few unexpected jewels, and our time in Gouda was chilly yet super nice. Read on to find out why.

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The Cathedral of Mexico City

One step inside Mexico city’s Cathedral will leave you almost blind. Not that there is more light than outside–probably less. But of all that happens in the streets, light is the only thing allowed to walk in here with you.