Netherlands May 16 2017 Blog
May 17, 2017 at 1:24 AM
Tuesday May 16th, 2017 - Giethoorn "Holland's little Venice"
A fun day of photography on the water today. Early this morning we traveled to the picturesque village of Giethoorn. We had rented whisper boats that took our photographers up and down the beautiful residential canals of Giethoorn. We spent the entire morning experiencing and photographing this beautiful village. Every house is set on the canal, reflections and colours were amazing. Thanks to Mike White who helped me with transportation today.
We then traveled further up to the coast to Hindeloopen, an old city in the North of the Netherlands on the IJsselmeer. It lies within the municipality of Nijefurd. It is famous because of the Hindeloopen art and Hindeloopen costume. Then on to the enclosing dam dike, "The Afsluitdijk." In 1932 the North Sea coastline of The Netherlands was sealed off by a 30-km (19-mile) dike, connecting the province of Noord-Holland with Friesland. The Afsluitdijk stands 100 meters (328 feet) wide and sits seven meters (23 feet) above sea level, and this outstanding feat of hydraulic engineering closed the mouth of the saltwater Zuiderzee (Southern Sea), shortening the coastline and giving Amsterdam and other low-lying towns protection from repeated flooding by the sea. A great day wrapped up with a pizza party back at our hotel. Enjoy todays selection of photographs.
The first image is a map showing the places we have visited since our arrival in the Netherlands 5 days ago. The number is day we visited and red circle is the locations.
Welcome to Giethoorn, these are the whisper boats we used to tour the village canals.
The first corner from the docks and the beauty never ended.
Beautiful reflections and a variety of homes. Some of our group approaches.
More beautiful homes along the canal.
Plenty to see as we made our way through the village, it was beautiful.
Beautiful flowers and thatched roofs.
Another beautiful home.
Fun lawn ornaments.
More lawn ornaments sure to catch your attention.
A swan came up to our boat looking for a snack.
A beautiful colour duck also looking for food.
More homes, plenty of B&B's to be found.
There were a few bigger tour boats on the canal, our little boats were perfect for photography.
Notice the sheep, some homes on the edge of the village had farm animals.
More reflections.
Many little sidewalks and bridges too.
Cute cottage.
Complete with a garage for your boat!
We took the lake route back to the docks. A few families of Canadian Geese.
Our other boat slows for family pics.
On to visit a small coastal village for lunch.
More small unique canals.
The welcoming committee!
Such a unique landscape.
You look behind you and a tall ship headed into the harbour.
Mike and Gina photographing sheep.
Michelle and the sheep.
Simple but colourful.
Every corner is more colour.
An interesting garden.
Buddies ...
Entering the sea dyke causeway.
A map showing the causway holding back the sea wall. The arrow is our current route.
This gives you an idea of the size of the dyke wall, North Sea on the right. Michelle waving.
North Sea on the left, 32 kms of dyke wall.
Brian coming down from the look out tower.
Fini - The End of todays blog post ...
That's it for today's blog post. Tomorrow we spend the afternoon and evening in Amsterdam. Exploring, photographing and night photography. Good night from the Netherlands.
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