Bill and Linda's Adventures: May 22:

There is only one day left before Deb and Ray return to Florida and it was a rainy, dreary day, but we all agreed, we wanted to do something. It was also their 40th wedding anniversary. We decided to drive to Kinderdijk.

Kinderdijk is where we have been several times in the past and always think its a cool place to bring our visitors. There are 17 windmills in two lines that were used for pumping water.

Its a great place to see a lot of windmills in one place. These days a large Archimedes screw is used for moving the water and the windmills are for viewing by tourist. If you have cable on your TV and play one of the music stations, they usually put a picture of this place up from time to time.

Before visiting the windmills we went out to the main road and had a coffee and poffertjes (sp?) at the Buena Vista cafe.

This is in an old building that a few years ago was converted into a cafe. It has two charming rooms inside.

This one has radios covering one wall and the other has large plagues depicting Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and some old phones. Quaint.

Then to the souvenir store to pick up those last minute must have items. Ray found a booklet that told a story of how the place got its name. In the 1400's a big storm blew in and damaged the dyke. The area was flooded and a baby in a basket was swept away only to be rescued by some guy. Therefore the Kinder in the name. Sounds a bit like the Moses story in the Bible, but its still a good story.

And then Deb, Ray, and Linda walked down the path to get closer to the windmills while Bill stayed dry, in the car.

Later, before we went down to de Lindenhof to celebrate the wedding anniversary, Liesbeth and Peter and Noor came over to say goodbye and have a glass of wine and some juice for Noor. We really like them.

Dinner was served by Floor, the 22 year old waitress that I think Deb and Ray have fallen in love with. She's cute and very personable. She jokes with us all.