Red Foxy in Holland Part 5
2010-04-22. Redfoxy i Holland on the Afsluit dijk. (Enclosure Dam
In this page I will tell about The big dam in the north of Holland, about the Delft Blue china and a canal trip through the polder.
2010-04-22. Ove is standing on the dam in Holland named  "Afsluit Dijk", Enclosure Dam. This dam locks out the water from the sea. And on the other side there is a lake and land. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afsluitdijk
2010-04-22.  Ove taking pictures.
2010-04-22.  They made a place there tourists could go and look.
2010-04-22.  They made a sculpture of a worker. It was a hard to build this dam.
2010-04-22.  A view over the dam.
2010-04-22.  The road on the right and at the left is road there tourists can walk.
2010-04-22.  The Dutch flag.
2010-04-22.  The road over the dam.
2010-04-22.  Black hooded Ove taking pictures
2010-04-22.  A sea bird. A friend told it's a Great crested grebe. (skäggdopping in Swedish, Podiceps cristatus)  in  Latin?
Me on the dam.
2010-04-22.  Here a map over the area.
2010-04-22. Our hotel room in Holland in the town Leiderdorp.
Ove looking at the bathroom.
Another view of the hotel room.
2010-04-22. The bathroom.
2010-04-22. There was also a shower in the bathroom.
2010-04-22. We always got soup as first course in the hotel.
2010-04-22. Chicken and potatoes au gratin.
2010-04-23. We went to a pottery there they make Delft Blue china.
2010-04-23. The china has to be cold before they take it out of the kiln.
2010-04-23. In the pottery. These things area kind or forms for the china.
2010-04-23. Here the ready china. They have not only this in blue. There were other colours too.
2010-04-23. Framed china.
2010-04-23. The house there they make the china.
2010-04-23. There was a gull sitting on the chimney.
2010-04-23. There were ducks in the canal by the pottery.
2010-04-23. I felt so happy to see these ducks.
2010-04-23. Here a bird that seems to be an Eurasian Coot, Fulica atra, also known as Coot. (Sothöna in Swedish)
2010-04-23. Preening.
2010-04-23. Two male mallards and a white duck.
2010-04-23.  The houses on the other side of the canal.
2010-04-23.  They were selling ice cream in the street by the pottery.
2010-04-23. We got tomato soup as first course in the hotel.
2010-04-23. Breaded fish and fried potatoes.
2010-04-23. Early in the evening we made a boat trip in canals in the country.
2010-04-23. It was real interesting to see all these Dutch houses.
2010-04-23. A ferry boat that went over the canal.
2010-04-23. House boats.
2010-04-23. The canal pictures were taken through the window of the boat.
2010-04-23. A light house.
2010-04-23.  There were birds swimming in the canal.
2010-04-23. A typical Dutch windmill.
2010-04-23. Another windmill.
2010-04-23. Modern houses
2010-04-23. This is a typical Dutch house.
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2010-04-23. This polder land with the buildings is lower as the canal. The canal is made between 2 dikes.
2010-04-23.
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There are many windmills in this area to keep the water away from the polder.
2010-04-23. A farm
2010-04-23. A boat in a canal on the other side of the polder.
2010-04-23. Me getting off the boat.
2010-04-23. After we went off the boat there was a gorgeous sunset.
2010-04-23. Another picture of the sunset.
2010-04-23. In this street we went to a house there they showed a wonderful big wall painting. But we were no allowed to take pictures there.
2010-04-23. Me walking back to the bus
2010-04-23. Here I so happy. I heard the blackbird singing.
2010-04-23. We went to the dunes (sand hills) but we only looked at them from the parking lot and had some coffee. You can walk  in the dunes. I have done this before with my uncle and aunt.
2010-04-24. A red tram. When I lived with my aunt and uncle in Amsterdam I often was on the tram.
A blue tram.
Wilhelmina Schedin 2016-03-07