SpiderBraids' European Vacation: Day 3

[spiderbraids]

Another weekend morning, another dose of Winx.



And another road trip. Nice looking road signs.



Here's a juxtaposing of a traditional and modern windmill, off the A4 motorway near Zoeterwoude.



Our destination today, Zaanse Schaans, basically one big town devoted to Dutch culture, like windmills...



...and clogs...



complete with a demonstration of how clogs are made. (I actually took a sliver of wood from the clog-making as a souvenir, and still keep it in my drawer [!])



A nice view of the windmills. Okay, so it was drizzling that day, but this isn't the worst weather we had on the vacation...



And a close-up of one of the windmills.



No photos of lunch, but here is where we had some "belegde broodje" sandwiches.



Coffee anyone? :-) This is actually part of the Albert Heijn museum. Heijn opened his first supermarket in Oostzaan, and it's now one of the Netherlands' major supermarket chains.



Two goats hiding in a shelter from the rain, at a cheese factory. There was a pithy sign reminding tourists not to feed the goats.



There was also a demonstration of cheese-making at the factory, and we bought some smoked cheese there (mmm...)



And lastly, this weird abstract-looking statue near the parking lot.



We returned to Rotterdam after our visit, and here's a nice sunset photo... at around 9:30pm.