We took a trip to Edam, another famous cheese town. It is a very compact and pretty town with the river Ye. The houses that line the side of the canal are exceptionally pretty. Some were once merchants houses and are very grand with long neck gables or stepped gables. The town began in 12thcentury and was originally called Yedam after the river Ye. It became a prosperous town from it’s shipbuilding.

Walking along the old streets and quiet canals where boats sail lazily by, it is easy to imagine what it might have been like in centuries past.