Kinderdijk & Rotterdam,
The Netherlands
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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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