Near Den Haag is the Madurodam, a rather extensive “Holland in miniature,” with many of the country’s famous sights all together at 1/25 scale.
Madurodam was complete with canals, ports, and shipping boats.
We took a day to visit a sluice and sea gate near Rotterdam. These feats of engineering are part of the Delta project, which helps keep the low-lying Netherlands from being flooded.
All visitors to the Netherlands should see Kinderdijk, the best collection of old windmills.
We spent one day visiting our distant cousin Adri and her husband Hans, who live in Boskoop. We all went together to Keukenhoff Gardens, famous for its tulips (which were in bloom).
April 30 was Queen’s Day, a national holiday. We walked around our town (Deurne) and saw flea markets
As well as Deurne’s 13th-century castle.
We took an overnight trip into Germany. Our first stop was the huge gothic cathedral in Cologne.
We stopped by the small town of Breidenbach, where some of our ancestors came from.
We enjoyed driving along the Rhine River, where there are many castles and lots of beautiful scenery.
We stayed overnight in Kirchheimbolanden, another town where our ancestors lived.
We visited Berg Eltz, a large, intact castle on the Mosel, before heading home via Aachen.
The rapeseed fields in Germany were in bloom, creating large swaths of bright yellow on the landscape.
It was great fun to have my parents here and to see a bit of Europe with them. They headed home on Tuesday to recover. I hope we did not wear them out too much.
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