Kinderdijk

      

  I waited to long to plan a proper trip for our long holiday weekend. So we did what we always do... we went to the Netherlands. We love the Netherlands, there is lots to do, things are always open, and it's beautiful. This time we googled windmills and found Kinderdijk a town about 2 and half hours away.  The town is quaint and the line of authentic windmills stretches out of sight in marshy wetlands. The kids really enjoyed all the ducks, geese, and other birds swimming around the swampy habitat. We only had to tell Eli not to poke/throw rocks at the birds a few times....ok maybe it was the whole time we were there. One windmill is open for touring it was pretty amazing inside. To think that families lived and worked inside.The kids of course thought it was awesome and we should build one for out next house).....um no.)
      We watched a video in the museum and what I found truly amazing was they said that if the Dutch stopped pumping water off of the land for 3 months a large portion of the country would be completely under water! as it sits right now it is already under sea level. Amazing that the Dutch settled on the land and made it not only livable but beautiful.

Crazy feet.... this fellow had a little nest with babies