Touring the city!

Today was our "jet lag" day to get acquainted with the city! It was a national holiday which was really neat because they had a big festival in the park plus the historic castle and church were open to tour for free. Today was the only day of the year they were free!! We learned that the castle is also currently a Dutch Military Academy. It rained last night and some parts of today but it is SO humid out!! For dinner tonight we all went to an Indonesian restaurant. 5 kids that currently go to the school we are studying at here, who are studying abroad at NAU in the fall joined us for dinner. Tomorrow is our first day of school though so it will be a fun day checking out the campus!!

The castle we toured from the outside. It's surrounded by a moat and so is part of the town!

Here's a picture of what most of the streets look like. As you can see there's restaurants all around....so many places have outdoor seating that is connected and how you can tell which restaurant is which, is by the chairs and tables! 

 Inside the castle!

Courtyard in the castle. Wouldn't this be a cool place for an event?

The city of Breda! 

Touring around with our professor and some friends!

My roommate and I!

We also walked around these beautiful gardens today. Retired nuns currently live here.

The church for the nuns. We could see inside but not tour, it was a beautiful stained glass church!!