Alkmaar Cheese Museum

The mini-pancake master; 18 different toppings available, then covered with a layer
of confectionary sugar; desperately need a cup of strong black coffee after this

We are in the cheese museum now, having passed through the cheese shoppe and
sampled young, mature, and old gouda; the great secret of the cheese museum is
that it is on the lst (American 2nd) floor and you can simply gaze out the windows
and watch the market action (!) that others have stood five-or- six deep to see;
there appears to be a break in the action, perhaps a TV time-out

Free samples for those who bought reserved seats

The museum is full of interesting and educational exhibits on both traditional and
contemporary methods of making cheese; here one can see the cow eating grass,
converting it via three stomachs and mammary glands into milk, which then
becomes cheese (next exhibit)

Output: milk; other outputs are not addressed

Part of the interest of the place was its decor and humor; thus

And thus

The mouse motif got a little old

Thus

But there was plenty of useful information all around, such as the above, and
that Netherlanders consume more than 20 kilos of cheese a year (European
average: 17; 1 kilo=2.2 lbs)

And interesting old-time exhibits

Meanwhile, the action, as it were, continued below

Vicki decided it was time to go when I started getting too friendly
with the cute cheese babe mannequin

Parting shot

Ditto