It has been raining almost non stop over here the past days. I've spent most of the time indoors and wasn't able to go out for a round and take some shots (at least, not without getting completely wet). I even wasn't able to make my #wednesdaywalk

This morning my wife dropped me off at the train station by car so I could go to work.
Normally I go for a walk in my break, but again the rain.

When I arrived at the train station when I finished working it was 'only' drizzling, so I decided to walk my way back home. It's a nice walk of about 3 kilometers. Partly through an urban area, but also a part through a nice park.

So I hope you don't mind me posting a #thursdaywalk for a change @tattoodjay 😀

The first thing I encountered was this statue of Herman Boerhaave; a famous Dutch botanist, chemist, Christian humanist, and physician.
He is regarded as the founder of clinical teaching and of the modern academic hospital and is sometimes referred to as "the father of physiology," (source:wikipedia)

In the street behind the statue are some really nice old houses. in the middle of the road are trees with beautiful pink flowers. I don't know which tree it is.

When I walked on the drizzle stopped. The sun was trying hard to burst through the clouds.

At the entrance of the park there is a small deer park. Two storks who have their nest in the park were foraging in the little pools the rain created.

When I walked near the pond in the park, the sun peaked throug the clouds again resulting in some lovely sunrays.

At the banks I spotted two ducks. I could get quite close to take this shot. You can see they are quite used to people in the park.