#windmills
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If you think you’ve seen those tulips before, no you haven’t…
*side-eyes to avoid admitting to re-using art she made herself a few years ago to meet a deadline LOL OOPS NO IT’S NOT CHEATING, I PAINTED THEM MYSELF.*
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And what about the #windmills ?
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Day 8:
The last day of my European Family Vacation ended on quite a lovely positive note, as we trekked to Gouda, Den Haag, and a few other short stops.
First, we made our way from Amsterdam to Gouda, one of the best cities of the trip. Known for delicacies like their Gouda cheese and stroopwafels, this city was vibrant, historic, and incredibly charming. We made our way around the marketplace in the center of town, where we sampled some awesome cheeses and foods like kibbeling, little chunks of fried cod with a delicious tartar sauce. We also stumbled upon a few bakeries and bought ourselves some fresh cookies and breads to munch on for lunch. The stroopwafels are probably my highlight. If you’ve never had a stroopwafel before, here’s what it is. It’s two thin crunchy waffle cookies with a caramel-like sauce sandwiched in between them to make a delectable treat. They make them fresh in Gouda, which is also where they were first created. How cool, right? These treats can be found in the United States at specialty stores and on United Airline flights in the morning!
Anyway, we stocked up on our treats and made our way around the countrysides of the Netherlands, where we were treated to spectacular views of the tulip fields. We roamed around and stopped whenever we got a chance to take a look around, before we then made our way to Den Haag. Den Haag is kind of like the administrative capital of the Netherlands, even though Amsterdam is technically the capital. You’ll find the Supreme Court, lots of Dutch embassies, and United Nations offices here as well. A city of over 1 million people, the Netherlands’ third largest city had a lot to offer. Sadly, we were only able to spend about a couple of hours here, but it was a really cool place. We snagged some quick bite to eat at a fast-casual Asian restaurant (which somehow ended up being one of the better quick meals we had).
And then we made our way to the Kinderdijk windmills, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the largest concentration of historic windmills in the country. We wanted to head here by sunset to capture some photos and enjoy the views, and it certainly did not disappoint. The golden hour with the setting sun made for a beautiful evening, strolling around the windmill grounds and soaking it all in. It made for a nice final night in Europe, before we headed to the AirBnB for the night.
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Day 6
Zaanse Schans Windmills
Amsterdam
Utrecht
We started out the morning incredibly early at around 5am to catch the sunrise and beat the annoying tour buses full of people at the Zaanse Schans windmills. Strolling around through the cool damp maritime air in mostly solitude, we watched as the caretakers of the windmills put up the cloth sails up so that the blades could catch the wind.
Eventually, we strolled into some of the nearby gift shops, including one shop that specializes in making wooden shoes, or Klompen. I never really realized how Dutch wooden shoes really were, but it was cool seeing videos of how they take a piece of solid wood and dry them out and eventually shape and smooth them to make shoes.
After walking through a few more stores, we made our way to Amsterdam. We parked our car on a side street, and we ended up paying 5 euros an hour to keep our car there. Really must emphasize that you should probably take public transit into Amsterdam because parking sucks and getting in and out of town is difficult with all the traffic.
We strolled through the streets for hours and hours, stopping at a food truck area to grab some lunch. We got an assortment of smoked chicken, smoked sausage, and a few other side dishes to hold us over. After frolicking around, we made our way to several sites around town, including a big outdoor farmers market that sold everything from produce and snacks to clothes and souvenirs. Most European cities have these types of markets, I’ve noticed, which is something I wish we had more of in cities in the U.S.
Eventually, we made our way over bridges and by the famous canals that make up this city.
As we wound down the day, we made our way to the city of Utrecht for dinner, where we dined on some decent Thai food. It was a nice change of pace and was actually quite good!
So this post seems a little disjointed and a little less passionate. We had some major disagreements on this day, my brother and I. You have to expect some family bickering on a family vacation, am I right? So unfortunately, I didn’t get as much out of this day as I would have hoped. But, don’t worry, there’s still one more day to have fun :)
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Swamp Reach is one of my favorite commissions for Knight Errant Games for their Role-Playing Game Heroes’ Tears.
The town has fallen into disrepair in places due to all of the rain that it gets. It’s got levees surrounding it in an attempt to keep some of the swamp water out, but the wood houses and corduroy roads are rotting from within. There’s rice patties being farmed over there on the right side and windmills placed sporadically throughout the town to help pump water out.
All the little details were so fun in this one. I loved creating the ramshackle houses with vegetation growing everywhere. Adding mushrooms, rotted wood and brick, and even that fish cart.
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Windmill in Stommeln, Germany. Photography by Enrique González © 2022
Mentre splende il sole in tutta Italia a Mykonos… piove! #mainagioia #windmills #mykonos #mykonostown #mykonos_it #like4like #sun (?????) #rain #greece #likes4likes #holiday2017 (at Mykonos)
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