Tuesday
Feb072012
Amsterdam: Edam
Have you heard of Edam Cheese? The one with the happy red coating?
It's named after the town of Edam (AY-dum), in the Netherlands. A picturesque village if I ever did see one. Absolutely charming canal houses and teahouses lined up against perfectly still water.
Our stop? The Cheese Weigh House, built in 1778, where a giant cheese market is held every summer. Here, Edam is coated in yellow wax as the red coating is only for export.
And as far as Edam, that was all there was to see but I was camera happy, all the same.
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Reader Comments (8)
These photos are gorgeous! I am also a huge fan of cheese so this must have been wicked fun :)
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I am totally serious: you need to run an online photography class. I would totally sign up for it! I'm awful.
Thanks Ally!
Shals,I'll first have to find out how to do that - but it's a great idea :)
that cheese is the most beautiful thing i have ever seen! seriously...
xx
Oh.my.gosh...you are KILLING me with these photos! SOSOSO gorgeous. I'm about to pin a bunch of them.
And that Edam looks so so good.
Thanks Kristina and Clair! Clair, so sweet, thank you for pinning some - I'm following you on Pinterest!
What a gorgeous town!! And the use of different colored coatings is so interesting! I'll be adding that to my arsenal of random facts :)
I didn't know where that cheese was named after...so interesting! This town looks completely charming!!! Your pictures are fabulous.