Rotterdam- july 17

Rode the well choreographed bike highway out of utrecht, stopping for real breakfast in a new development and through maximapark. After the delay to zwolle, i'm skipping visit to The Hague where I'd planned to setup an encampment outside the ICC. Stop in woerden to see a 1407 castle, big old 1202 and newer churches. jewish memorial and got a warm chocolate scone at market day in the square for 1 euro. Neat detour to Sluipwijk, a waterworld where everone gets a moat, and then through Gouda for lunch. Obviously. Headwinds into sprawling, uninteresting suburbs of rotterdam then below water level along a lake into the city. City very modern (with one large old church) as it was leveled in WW2; tripadvisor #1 attraction is a food court. 42 miles.