Windmill at Zeddam

Trip Start May 17, 2008
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Trip End Aug 24, 2008


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Flag of Netherlands  , Gelderland,
Sunday, June 29, 2008

Sunday afternoon we decided to visit Zeddam to see a windmill there. This is about a 6 mile bike ride from our house, so it was a good little afternoon trip. This windmill is some 400 years old, but is still in operating condition. Now it is owned by a foundation and tours art giving through it frequently. It was pretty windy today so we had the privilege of seeing the blades turn & the gears work on the inside of the windmill.

This particular windmill was used to make flour from grain, not to raise water from the low lying lands. We had a nice tour through the building by our guide who spoke english especially for us. The structure was so amazing in terms of the technology that was implemented for the time period in which it was created. I really enjoyed the engineering aspect of the windmill.

Oh... we also had a first today... we caused our first car accident while in Holland. It happened to be at a roundabout (they're all over the place here) where a car yielded for us bikes crossing (as he was supposed to) and the car behind him wasn't paying attention and slammed right into the back of the car that yielded for us. Well, it was too bad because they were both nice vehicles.

So that's about it for this weekend, I'll update when something else exciting happens!
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alw22
alw22 on Jun 30, 2008 at 10:37PM

windmill
very nice bro...i'm always impressed with your pictures! glad you're still having a great time and seeing so many things :)
p.s. nice shades

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