If you are going to be in the Salt Lake City area next week, you won't want to miss the UQSM!
On Day 5, we actually got to sleep in a little bit! We spent the morning leisurely cruising through the province of South Holland (some of us were stitching while cruising!), on our way to Kinderdijk.
Kinderdijk is famous for its 19 windmills that were built in the mid-1700's. Kinderdijk was granted UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 1997.
It is located about 9 miles east of Rotterdam.
I learned that these windmills are called bonnet mills because only the top section revolves with the wind. They were built from brick with large sails that come within one foot of the ground. They are used to pump water from the low-lying polders (tracts of land reclaimed from the sea by the power of the windmills and enclosed by embankments or dikes) into reservoirs on two levels. Families who live in these mills are required to keep them in working order. We got to go inside one, that is more of a museum now. Note the bed, tucked into the wall, and of course the sewing machine on the table!
I bought a children's book here (for my granddaughter), based on a true story about a baby in a cradle rescued after a flood, with a cat also in the cradle. They believe the cat was responsible for keeping the cradle upright in the rushing waters.
After leaving Kinderdijk, we cruised into Rotterdam, where we stayed for a couple of hours waiting for our "cheese friends" - several people who went on a cheese making adventure and met up with us in Rotterdam.
We walked around and explored Rotterdam on our own for awhile.
One of the funniest things I saw in Rotterdam was this floating hot tub in one of the canals.
Looks like fun!!
We were eating dinner as we left Rotterdam and looking out the window we saw - WHAT?? Noah's Ark!! You don't see that everyday 😀
Another fun day in The Netherlands - now cruising into Belgium!
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