http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Zaandam/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Netherlands , North Holland , Zaandam en-us Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:18:14 BST Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:18:14 BST Today we went to Zaanse where they have maintained windmills and a village from the mid 1800's. We first visited a demonstration of cheesemaking with yummy samples included. Then off to the windmills which were used for many purposes back in the day such as making paper wood helping produce oil and grinding seeds. The day was very windy but no rain so we enjoyed walking through the village. T http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Zaandam/blog-330824.html Today was supposed to be the day to go to Delft the little town with the famous blue handpainted pottery factory. We had skipped Zaanse Schans the day before due to lack of time so were faced with a decision. After realizing it was Sunday and looking up the Delft town website on Cees's trusty free internet terminal we decided that the shops in town might be closed and we didn't want to tak http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Zaandam/blog-274774.html Saturday in Holland http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Zaandam/blog-248248.html So I really wanted to go biking like everyone in Amsterdam. So today we walked all around to try to find a bike rental place and pancakes. I was craving dutch pancakes since I got there. For some reason we were always passing these two places but this morning we couldn't find them. We ended up renting from a place called Damstraat...they were very reasonable. The couldn't tell us where to get pa http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Zaandam/blog-219296.html So spent the whole weekend with Carol laYesterday we went to Utrecht a pretty big city ne.....main goal was to window shop.... haaaa Sales time over and we can't afford to buy those expensive leather shoes......Walked around town...there werent a lot of sites just a few old buildings and churches...Had some honey biscuit or waffers kinda thing they say its very popular in Holland and i http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Zaandam/blog-202717.html CiaoI arrived in Italy on Friday after an overnight flight from NYC. I had a long layover in Amsterdam so I decided to venture out. I took the train to a town called Zaan. It was beautiful and quiet. I saw windmills that made flour and paint. It was unbelievable. I sat outside at a cafe and ate a sandwich and pastry. I watched all of the people going by on their bikes. The flight from Amste http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Zaandam/blog-160582.html