Holland


	Ijsselmeer dijk at Volendam, Noord Holland Sitting well above waterlevel, this is an extension of the main street on the dyke, which is the tourist road everyone sees in Volendam.		Leiden, birthplace of Rembrandt van Rijn and typical old Dutch city with a rich history intersected by canals and waterways. The central haven area is particularly popular
	Swing bridge near Raalte, Overijssel Typical of bridges over provincial canals all over Holland		Zaanse Schans An old hamlet on the banks of the river Zaan with characteristic green wooden houses and windmills
	Old world show village Orvelte, Drenthe. Well worth a visit, off the beaten track for UK tourists, this well kept secret has a deep rural history, still a working village and maintained impeccably.		Amsterdam , Oudkerksplein in the distance.
	Glasshouses near Maasdijk In the early mornings as we travel to the ferry at Hoek van Holland, the air is yellow with the glow of thousands of lights in the glasshouses north of Maasdam and around Lier		Olst windmill seen from across the river Ijssel from the Ijsseldijk. There is a ferry here to the other side of the river.
	De Waag at Deventer in the snow. An old sort of customs house, a Waag was a weighing house. Deventer was an old Hanseatic town on the trading routes throughout Germany and Holland.		A bicycle made for ...... four!!! In Deventer
	Mk3 Sherman tank at the Hartenstein Hotel and 1 Paratroop Airborne Landings Museum at Oosterbeek		Deventer, part of the old town Preserved old beauty, at one time these historic buidlings were going to be demolished. One must ask the question WHY?
	Olst windmill, Overijssel The symbol of Holland, many of these old windmills are not in use anymore but are preserved as buildings with historical significance		St. Lebuinuskerk, Deventer and the ijssel in flood . Deventer's first church was built in 765 by St Lebuinus. In the 15th century this massive Gothic basilica was built has a Baroque spire by Hendrick de Keyser and a carillon by Francois Hemony