May 7, 2013 | 5 comments
I never understood clogs, until this trip to The Netherlands. It’s marshy and wet in The Netherlands, even more so in centuries past than today. The Dutch came up with the idea of wooden shoes to keep their feet dry
May 6, 2013 | 2 comments
Did you know that in the 1500’s and 1600’s windmills made The Netherlands one of the wealthiest countries in the world? Yep, that’s what we were told. The Dutch ingeniously harnessed the wind to create factories in the form of windmills.
May 3, 2013 | 4 comments
Every spring, there is a Bloom Festival parade viewed by hundreds of thousands of flower oglers lining the streets from one little town to the next up and down the coastal area of Holland. We didn’t view the parade, but
May 2, 2013 | 10 comments
One of the most moving museum tours I’ve ever had took place at the Ten Boom Museum in the center of Haarlem. The Ten Boom family provided a refuge in their home for Jews fleeing Nazi persecution during World