Kinderdijk Windmill Walk - Holland

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  Kinderdijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Thursday, September 13, 2012

We had a perfect day for our final walk in Europe. Rain was forecast this morning, but it turned out to be a brisk morning and a lovely cloud-studded blue sky at the start.

The windmills were all built in the mid to late 1700s to drain a peat bog and create new grazing land. Nineteen of the mills remain and were refurbished at a cost of about $1 million per mill. Some are now rented out for vacationers. A few are lived in. One is open for tours.

It's a memorable way to connect with one of the most traditional faces of Holland, and a relaxing way to finish our Europiad 2012 walking adventure! Tomorrow, we return home with a knapsack full of great memories of walks in 5 countries with our guide, Hildrun, a great bunch of walking friends from 12 states of the USA and the Canadian province of Ontario!

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Windmill panorama	Start of our walk through the windmills — a	This is one of the "newest" mills - built in the	Farmer was worried about us walking among cows
Here is he talking with our local walk leaders &#	While I walked ahead to the said group of cows	Mill we walked around through the group of cows	Windmill silhouette — at Kinderdijk.
Leaving cow pasture with the new mills behind	Picturesque local garden	Canal crossing — at Kinderdijk.	Green on water indicates lack of water movement
Kinderdijik walk — at Kinderdijk.	Seize the day!	Placid scenes of Holland	Placid scenes of Holland — at Kinderdijk.
Canals, windmills, boats - the true Dutch medley	Kinderdijk Walk	My beautiful daughter, Amanda — at Kinderdi	Canal tour boat at Kinderdijk
Group picture	Kinderdijk Walk	Kinderdijk Walk	Kinderdijk Walk
Kinderdijk Walk	Kinderdijk Walk	Roy and Pat taking lunch along the canal	Kinderdijk Walk
Shoe doesn't fit, so the best Pat can do is sit	Cows were not in the least interested in us

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