A Windmill Frenzied Day!

Hihi...

Okay, now onto something less stressful on our brain cells....:)

Today, I went to the Kinderdijk Windmills!! NICE!! It was a really long way there too...well...maybe not too long, but coming from Singapore, this is a long way to get to somewhere in the country! hehe

I took a tram at Weimerstraat, near my apartment, to Den Haag Holland Spoor train station...about 15 mins walk and 15 mins tram. Then took the Intercity train to Rotterdam Central Station...hmm, maybe about 30 mins. Then walked to the subway and took the subway to Zuidplein station...about 20 mins. Then waited for the hourly bus...about 15 mins....then took the bus number 154 to Kinderdijk. WOW...that is a long ride I think, maybe i was bored, but it took me 1 hr on this bus to get the bus stop nearest to these windmills.

Anyway......here are the photos!



Interesting goat on haystack by the river...saw this when I first walked into the fields



The first road into windmill land!



Ok guys, u will see a lot of windmill photos because I was trying to take almost all the 19 windmills here! haha went crazy...



Everyone knows that windmills have to be by the river right?



A closeup! Only during the windmill season, every sat, from 2pm to 5pm the windmills will spin. I actually got to stand just below the spinning blades...woah....it is an experience man...



Somehow the strong winds blowing reminded me of the movie Fighter in the Wind



This was special because of its unique colour.



A river which I crossed



One of the windmills that was specially opened to the public to visit



Hehe costs 3 euros to go in....but I got lucky because I was wandering around the fields and on my way back, I walked onto a path that leads to behind this windmill. So, I got into without paying...hehe...oh well...



Nice view



So, I took a photo. There was this chinese girl with her mum, so I asked them to take a photo for me and I took one for them as well. They came on a tour group and were quite amazed that I came alone...hehe



It was a long day walking for me...this path around the fields is about 4km long.



Really loved this stretch of windmills!



At an intersection of rivers



Close up!



The nice thing about these windmills is that there are actually people living by them. U can see a house by each windmill. Except the exhibition windmill.



Okay, this was one of the windmill which I stood right below the spinning blades....really windy and spinning fast!! haha...kind of dangerous I think, the only thing they had was this petite fence that ran around the windmill.



From the front of the windmill



I like to walk and explore these small paths in the fields



I like this windmill because of the bridge that runs over the waters! Imagine if you can have a house here. :)



Animal farm!



3 sheeps...



See how the wind energy is harnessed to irrigate the waters



Climbed to the highest level inside a windmill and took this photo of the cog and wheel



I hope u can see the words. It says Afghan tourists...amist them, a swede though...hmm, interesting



Guess from where I took this photo?



Right! From a window just behind the spinners!



Walking back, a nice group of windmills



Do you like windmills? :)

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