Have you heard of Edam Cheese? The one with the happy red coating?

It's named after the town of Edam (AY-dum), in the Netherlands. A picturesque village if I ever did see one. Absolutely charming canal houses and teahouses lined up against perfectly still water.

Our stop? The Cheese Weigh House, built in 1778, where a giant cheese market is held every summer. Here, Edam is coated in yellow wax as the red coating is only for export.

And as far as Edam, that was all there was to see but I was camera happy, all the same.