Windmills and Wooden shoes....

Sunday we spent a VERY wet morning at the Windmill museum of Zaan Schanz. Our first purchase even before we entered the museum was to buy ponchos and another umbrella and even with those we were soaked. At least our cameras stayed dry!



We spent the most time inside the working dye mill called "The Cat". The pamphlet we got said it may be the only working dye mill in the world. It was very interesting seeing all the stones and gears and things that make up the works of the mill. Of course we had to pet the resident cat too.

When we got to Holland Colin decided that he wanted his souvenior to be a pair of real clogs...to wear, not to just display in his room. At Zaanse Schans they had a wooden shoe workshop, museum and store so we got to learn about and see a pair of shoes being made, and it was the perfect place for him to be fitted with his shoes. He wore them the rest of the day because his sneakers were soaked through by the time we got there...and do you know what...he was the only one with dry feet after that!