We had a relaxing morning as the kids slept in and meandered out the door late morning. We walked to go rent bikes and ride out of the city. I was so impressed with the kids as we rode over 35 kilometres and they did great. They have awesome bike lines along the highway and through the towns.
This was one of the towns we biked through.
We drove out to where some old windmills are still in use. This one grinds up materials used in paint pigment.
The inner workings of the windmill were quite the sight.
These were taken outside where the windmill spins.
These cows lived right across the path. There’s no need for long fences when you have waterways.
We took a very short ferry over a waterway.
After living in a different city for just a few days, I can’t help but notice what is the same and what is different than at home. Amsterdam has lots of coffee houses (where you go for marijuana) and coffee bars (that serve coffee), just like Vancouver.
The place we are staying in has no oven or clothes dryer and a small washing machine. I’m not sure if that is unique to our place or not but I would assume it is the norm. There are also a lot of steep, narrow staircases to make the most of the space they have.
The bike lanes are like home but I was surprised that these small cars sometimes join the bikes, scooter and mopeds on the bike lanes. The vehicle lanes are also quite narrow, like Ireland.
Smoking is allowed on the less than five minute ferry ride on a boat with a wooden floor.
Instead of dumpsters, there are small garbage drop boxes and they get emptied by these garbage trucks.
Wow now thats a whole new spin on our usual “hey lets go for “coffee””. 35 km on bikes? I’m impressed with your kiddos.