I attended the famed Edam cheese market festival today before a striking thunderstorm and rain hit the town for some time.
The Edam Cheese Market is run through the July and August months on Wednesdays. It is a recreation of the market as it would have been seen prior to 1950 when the industrialization of cheese manufacturing killed the tradition. Basically the cheese farmers come to the village via the canal or horseback and bring cheese to be weighed and than priced for the consumer at the market. It is a pretty big deal here and has a real festive quality.
The weather came in near noon when the market was finishing up and dampen my outdoor plans for seeing Zanse Schaans. I mostly took the time to read and drink espresso until it cleared in the evening and I was able to walk along the beach.
Going East 