Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Three: Look! Another Windmill


Drove aimlessly around the eastern Netherlands on Sunday. Through many small villages with confusing roundabouts and one way cobblestone streets on which you are not supposed to drive. Saw some windmills and very cute houses. Ate some cheese and drank some beer (a recurring theme). Even on the smallest one lane country roads (which are very well-maintained), there are bike lanes. They REALLY like to ride their bicycles. We passed many racing groups in full gear and families out for leisurely Sunday rides.
There seems to be no wilderness in the Netherlands; every inch has been domesticated in some way or other. Villages, farmland, polders. Not surprising, as this is the 3rd most densely populated country in the world.

Polder: a tract of low land, esp. in the Netherlands, reclaimed from the sea or other body of water and protected by dikes

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