24-06-2011
Started as a cold, wet, miserable day. The type when you question your sanity for being out in the streets. Ducked into a shop to avoid the downpour and the day became better. Retail therapy is the answer to all problems, it can brighten any day.
A little later, shopping bags in hand and an apple tart in the tummy we set to explore the town. By this time the rain had stopped, the sun was shining and we were smiling.
Walked around the main square, a large church dominates it. People, dressed up, were there for some sort of celebration. Viewed a contemporary art exhibition, not really our thing.
Then the famous windmill, Adriaan's Molen. Our first true windmill in Netherlands. It was rebuilt around 10 years ago and is now a museum. It was Jeevan's new elephant i.e. more than a million pictures of it. The most amusing bit was the elderly gentleman who guided us through the mill. We were with another 4 people and one would constantly question and correct him but it did not faze him. As he said, he knows little and likes to only know a little. Jeevan and I laughed constantly through the tour.
Later in the evening went to Rotterdam, the plan was to roam around a little. We are staying in a nice hotel, it would have been just a regular place for a holiday in Australia but in our Europe trip it is a nice hotel. So stayed in and enjoyed a lovely relaxing bubble bath.
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