Jeff all ready and eager to go |
Cute house along our way |
On one of the bike paths |
Lawn art |
You never know what might come along on the paths |
More Dutch houses |
Schoonhoven |
Schoonhoven |
Jeff helping some lady carry her bike down the stairs in Schoonhoven |
Schoonhoven town gate |
Waiting to board the ferry |
Geese waiting for the ferry on the other side |
One of the many windmills |
Another use for old wooden clogs |
Duck nesting basket |
Happy Dutch cows |
She is taking her dog for a ride |
The bike lanes are pretty well organized here. Each intersection has a number and if you just follow the numbers you’ll get where you want to go. We got a map and the numbers for each ride so we thought we’ll be fine on our own. We did pretty well, but there were couple of times where there could have been more signs. We had to ask couple of times, just to make sure we were heading the right direction. I do have to say that Dutch people are very friendly and helpful. And you really should see their yards. They are so well kept, lawns are trimmed as if they are golf courses. Our barge was waiting for us at a town called Kinderdijk. When we were approaching the town there many windmills along the canal. Kinderdijk is UNESCO World Heritage Site. It looked like some of the windmills were used as homes, but some of them are also part of a museum.
Approaching Kinderdijk |
Approaching Kinderdijk |
Approaching Kinderdijk |
Approaching Kinderdijk |
Approaching Kinderdijk |
We biked about 32 miles today. It’s the longest distance I've biked, ever. I was surprised that I felt fine afterwards, other than a mild sunburn and blister in my lip, not happy about that.
We got on board in Kinderdijk and then sailed to Dordrecht. It was interesting to see our captain Karl to back the barge up through a drawbridge and dock it among the many many boats that were already in there. It was pretty tight, but he did a good job. Dinner on board again, all the meals are included on this trip. This time we had tomato soup, a chicken, potato and vegetable main dish and a Dutch dessert which had thick yogurt/whipped cream with fresh fruit. I was exhausted from biking, the sun and lack of sleep so I decided to go to bed early. Jeff went and did Tom’s tour of Dordrecht. If you want to see pictures of that you have to go and read Jeff’s blog.
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