After a
leisurely breakfast at the Villa this morning we were on the road toward Germany.
First, we
saw one of the windmills we photographed yesterday was turning this morning, so
we detoured into the village where it was located. As we approached we saw the bottom door was
open. The gentleman who owns the mill
was there. We had a great discussion
with him regarding the old windmills in Holland. Holland also has lots of modern wind turbines
and he told us we would see a lot more in Germany.
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| Korenmolen Aurora, 1870 |
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| Mechanism used to grind grain |
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| Bagging the ground grain |
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| The mechanism used to turn the windmill |
Back on the
road again. The GPS took us via s’Heerenberg
where the Castle Huis Bergh is located. I would have taken a different road,
but this meant we could stop by the Castle and take the tour we could not do on
Monday. After we parked and walked into
the Castle we found that it is closed this whole week for maintenance. We struck out again!!! It is not meant for us to see this castle!
We continued
on to Germany. We are driving on the Autobahn to get there in the shortest time. Holy Cow do they drive!! Several cars had to be going 120 mph!! They
just fly past you when we are going 90, but then they have to break for slower
traffic!! We saw fields of canola in
full bloom – a mass of yellow. We hope to be close enough to a field
to get a good photo tomorrow.
We arrived here
at the home of the German foreign exchange student (KB) about 1:30pm. It was great to see her again. At first her daughters (4 & 6) were in
kindergarten, so we visited with her and met her 11 mo old son for the first
time. After a while her husband came home from work (his business is next door)
so we had a nice visit with him before the girls came home from school. At first both girls were very shy of us (we
did not expect them to remember us). Plus, their parents are saying words that
make no sense – what funny noises are coming out of their mouths! Before long
they began warming-up to us.
We drove to
a nearby village to see the home they will be moving into during the next two
weeks. Some stuff has already at been
moved to the new house, but they are still painting and cleaning. They do need
more space and this new house will definitely give them that. We found one aspect to be extremely
interesting - that is, an unfurnished house means, no light fixtures and no
kitchen. Yes, I mean no kitchen – no cabinets,
no counter tops, drawers, appliances, etc.
It is bare walls! The carpenter
installed their new kitchen yesterday. It
is very nice and spacious compared to what they have now. The whole house is
lovely – plenty of space, basement plus 3 floors with a walk-out patio and
garden. It is great!
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| The New Apartment - Left Side |
We returned
to their current home where we had a bowl of homemade soup and breads for
supper. By now the girls were warming up
to us – they are showing us their coloring books, doing a little ballet show,
playing musical instruments, etc. We
continued our great visit tonight here at the house.
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