Monday, March 26, 2007

Holland

These pictures are from the weekend of the 23-25 of February. We took a bus to Dover, then the ferry. These are the white cliffs of Dover from inside the bus.
We had a little bit of time to get out and walk around, but by the time the bus had stopped, my camera was acting up, so I didn't get any better pictures. They were beautiful though.
We stayed in Amsterdam, in a hostel called the 'Hans Brinker' (I think). We visited the Heineken museum, Anne Franks house, the red light district, and spent some time walking around shops and taking in the city.
The rivers throughout the city added to the beauty. There are many people who live in little house boats lining some of the less frequented streets.
On any given street in Amsterdam, there are about three different paths. One for the cars, another for the bicycles, and the last for the pedestrians. The hard part is... the bikes go everywhere, and they will run you over. Often the bikes path and the pedestrians merge without you realizing it, and suddenly you find yourself in the middle of their path.
We also took a trip to Voldendam. Voldendam is a small fishing village about forty minutes out of Amsterdam.
In this village we went to the cheese factory, and this clog factory. We were shown how the clogs were made, and then let into this room full of expensive but cute clogs.
One of the many beautiful windmills in Holland, and the only one I got close enough to to take a decent picture of.

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