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One of the first places we visited was the
world famous Keukenhof. We were pleasantly
surprised that despite being a little on the late side of the season
for flowers, that there was still plenty of beauty to take in.
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The next day we went to my hometown of Reeuwijk, and also stopped
at the farmers market in Gouda, and at the end of the
day we went back to Katwijk, where we stayed with my aunt and uncle.
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We went to the Zaanse Schans with one of my cousins, and their
kids. The Zaanse Schans is kind of a throwback museum that illustrates how life might have
been at the beginning of industrialization, with windmills that served as sawmills,
and authentic wooden shoe carvers.
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We visited the city with one of the largest seaports in the world,
that of course is Rotterdam. I was born a mere
stones' throw away in Vlaardingen.
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My godmother was nice enough to take us to the dutch capital Den Haag, the
city of Delft, famous for it's blue china, and the beach in
Scheveningen, after which we went to dinner
at an Indonesian restaurant, where the food was amazing.
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We visited my other aunt and uncle, as well as some of my cousins,
in Eindhoven the next day. The pictures you see
are from a park that's behind my uncle's house where I remember playing as a
kid when we'd go to visit.
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We spent a few days in the Dutch sailing recreation area,
the province of Friesland. We spent a day biking, and
on another day we rented a sailboat and spent the day on the water. What a wonderful
area, so many childhood memories from when we spent many summers here.
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We met up with another one of my cousins, who happened to be putting their sailboat back
in the water in Volendam. We even got to cruise with it for a few
hours before we headed out for dinner once again (we ate pretty well while we were there!)
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