Netherlands 2013

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Trip start
June 15, 2013
Netherlands 2013 Traveler
First Glimpse
June 23, 2013 in the Netherlands ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
One of the things that I noticed as soon as I arrived were the canals and the number of bicycles used in the cities.
There are literally bikes everywhere chained up or in use. Some it appears have been chained up for years as the bikes are in various states of disrepair.
We were intending to visit Anne Franks house yet when we arrived the line stretched right around the block and with limited time we choose to walk around and experience more of the city.Read more
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Cosmopolitan City
June 24, 2013 in the Netherlands ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Amsterdam is a very unique city with all sorts of quirky concepts such as marijuana cafes and of course the red light district where sex is peddled in the front windows of small houses.
There is of course the marijuana cafes where they sell all manner of cannabis products…namely cookies and cakes etc…cool.
We also went to visit Anne Franks house however the queue was very long and there were so many other things to see.
I someone asked me to summarize Amsterdam in the short time we were there I would say: Bikes, Canals, Sex Shops and Cafes.
I noticed that lots of the homes in the city were two to three storeys and had a beam protruding from the roof just before the roof tiles.
I asked the guide what that was for and he said that most houses have these so that they can move furniture in and out as apparently the doorways are very narrow.
Pretty smart and we were able to see this in action.Read more
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Clogg Farm
June 24, 2013 in the Netherlands ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Unfortunately the photos of the artisan making the cloggs did not download…pity because watching him at work was quite mesmerizing especially how quickly he moulded them from blocks of wood.
Wood is actually a clever product to use for footwear when the surrounds are generally wet and muddy as they appear to be the most adaptable type of foot ware for the area.
Such a skill to be able to craft something from a block of wood and I am pretty comfortable that cloggs are made from a soft wood timber.Read more
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Historic Windmill
June 24, 2013 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
This beautiful windmill was on the way to a lakeside / seaside village.
Apparently it is a big tourist attraction for obvious reasons and unfortunately I cannot remember much about this specific windmill suffice to say that it’s primary function is to pump water around the canals for the farmers.
Most of the Netherlands is below sea level so there has been a massive reclaiming of land to protect the country from the rising water table.Read more
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Seaside Village
June 24, 2013 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
If my memory is correct this seaside village is on the fringe of an inland sea that the people in the area created.
Pretty cool.
Such a simple yet interesting take on a lakeside village built by man no less..Read more
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Trip end
July 20, 2022

First Glimpse

Cosmopolitan City

Clogg Farm

Historic Windmill

Seaside Village