Kinderdijk & Rotterdam,
The Netherlands
June 10 - 11, 2006  


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Zuidplein Metro Station at Rotterdam. This is where I take the bus to Kinderdijk..
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I am taking bus 154.
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There are a total of 19 Windmills at Kinderdijk.

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These are the drainage canals.

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My first glimpse at the windmills.
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There are signs everywhere to explain how a windmill works. (Yes, in English)

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Yes, thse windmills are located very close to each other, so that they work together in a sequence.
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Me and the windmill ...
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This one looks so lonely ...

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Every direction you turn to, there will be a windmill in your sight.
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One, two, there ...
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Can you count how many windmills are in this picture ?

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These 5 brothers have been standing here for 250 years.
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It is so unbelievably green here!
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Hello, family !!

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I wish I can paddle along here ....
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Windmills are so important there for the farmland.

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OK, who wants to do a canon ball ?
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Once you look at them for a while, you feel like they are humane ...

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It's relaxing fishing here, right ?

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This windmill is open to the public.
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Built in 1738, ...you have to admire those engineers at the time.
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In 1997, Kinderdijk was listed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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A picture of an old time miller.
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You can see other windmills from within as well.
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This round tower base was made of bricks.

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I looked out from the top of the windmill.
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Very localized parking signs ....

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You wondered what long it took to build this 250 years old.
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Sadly, I have to leave !!

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Going back to Rotterdam....
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Rijnhaven Metro Station in Rotterdam ...
The station is actually on the bridge crossing the river.
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Shopping malls at the Beurs Metro Station.

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World Trade Center in Rotterdam.
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Rotterdam Centraal Train Station.
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Leaving Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

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Picture taken over northern Quebec on the way back.
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Picture taken over northern Manitoba on the way back.

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Picture taken over the Rockies on the way back.
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Picture taken over Stanley Park on the way back.




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