{"id":1565,"date":"2010-09-13T13:12:58","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T17:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=1565"},"modified":"2010-10-11T18:57:46","modified_gmt":"2010-10-11T22:57:46","slug":"last-day-in-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=1565","title":{"rendered":"Last Day in the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday – September 13th<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, it rained last night, but the weather was clearing quickly in the morning. After another good breakfast at the Hampshire Hotel, we checked out and put our luggage in the car. \u00a0We wanted to walk into Delft to pick up some last minute souvenirs to take home tomorrow. Workers were clearing the bleachers from the Markt square, but otherwise the town was very quiet. \u00a0One of the shop owners told us that they would be setting up later for a carnival for next weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We walked back to the car, said our good-byes to Delft and drove out of town. \u00a0Our next destination was the Zaanse Schans, about 20 minutes north of Amsterdam. \u00a0This is a living history museum showing how the Dutch people lived and worked in the past.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the written guides had said that it was very commercial, which it was, but still worth visiting. \u00a0There was a modern museum building which we did not visit, and a long path which went between a dyke and the sheep field. \u00a0Along the path were a line of windmills which were open to the public. \u00a0The windmills and other small buildings had been moved to Zaanse Schans and re-assembled to create the museum.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Each of the windmills demonstrated a different trade and use for the mill. \u00a0tourists could visit each mill to see them making oil from a variety of seeds, or grinding grains for flour, or making a coarse-grain mustard. \u00a0One of the mills demonstrated how a post-mill saws wood, \u00a0and another mill showed how to grind raw materials such as tropical woods into pigments for paints. \u00a0 Entrance to the grounds was free with a seven Euro charge for the car. \u00a0Each mill charged three Euros per person to watch the gears do their work.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The windmills were made of different materials and were different. \u00a0Most had their sails unfurled and were actually working. \u00a0Jeff and I walked the distance of the path and took lots of “windmill photos”, as the sun flirted with the clouds. Many of the buildings seemed to be closed, but the Cheese Shop was open and we visited for a whiff….<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Besides the meadow of grazing sheep, there was a pen for goats. \u00a0There was a restaurant on the site and a snack bar for tourists. \u00a0All in all, Zaanse Schans was a pleasant place to visit. \u00a0There was a lot to see and it was a good place to take photographs. \u00a0I think my granddaughters would enjoy visiting and learning about the early life of the Dutch.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Later in the afternoon, we drove to the Marriott Courtyard outside Schiphol Airport where we had a reservation for our last night in the Netherlands. \u00a0Our plan was to be near the airport so we would not have any traffic hassles and arrive at the airport in plenty of time for our 10:20 AM flight on Tuesday. \u00a0The Marriott was outrageously priced because there was a hugh conference in Amsterdam and all the hotels were fully booked. \u00a0You could walk to the airport from the Hilton or the Sheraton, and they were cheaper, so these would have been our first choices. \u00a0It pays to make reservations as early as possible to get better rates. \u00a0Oh well, live and learn…… \u00a0:-)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monday – September 13th Yes, it rained last night, but the weather was clearing quickly in the morning. After another good breakfast at the Hampshire Hotel, we checked out and put our luggage in the car. \u00a0We wanted to walk into Delft to pick up some last minute souvenirs to take home tomorrow. Workers were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-benelux","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1565"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1644,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565\/revisions\/1644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}