Rotterdam & Kinderdijk

Rotterdam is very different from all the cities in Europe because it's very "new." It was the only city that was bombed during World War II and the message was loud and clear. All the other cities surrendered and because of that they still have their rich history with historic landmarks. Rotterdam was rebuilt from the ground up...literally. Construction seems to be going on all the time there, as well. While walking out of the train station to get on a tram we noticed the construction was putting us through a maze. Even later on the way back we got off the tram too soon because the construction looked familiar. Whoops. Although it is very beautiful with its vast waters and bridges.
Today we travelled to Rotterdam and took a boat to Kinderdijk, Child's dyke, and we spent an hour in the land of windmills. Bre mentioned she felt like she was in a painting. It was rather cute. We walked along the 2 mile trail and I took a lot of pictures. Even though all the windmills were the same, I still felt their positions and surroundings were different. Plus, I love the take pictures...if you couldn't tell by the 400+ I've already taken.

Our adventure is coming to an end. We leave on Monday, August 18th and will arrive in Buffalo around 5:30. This brings about mixed feelings for both of us. We are incredibly grateful to Kendra and Dave for this experience, without them, we could not have been here. We enjoyed and loved our stay here in Delft. We did more travelling in half a summer than I have done in my entire life and were able to see a million new things. Bre loved Amsterdam and I loved Bruges...and we both loved Den Haag. We've been to 8 cities in the Netherlands and 4 cities in Belgium all in 5 weeks! It was incredible to see the things we've seen. Actually, incredible isn't the word for it but I can't think of a better one. Amazing? Once in a lifetime experience? You get the idea.

On the other hand, we are both very tired from all the travelling and miss our friends and families. We have started counting down the days until we can hug our parents again and go out with our best friends...and when I can see Aaron. We miss you all and can't wait to be home! The next blog we plan on posting is what we will miss about Holland...and what we won't miss. So stay tuned..the adventure is not over yet!

Here is the link to the pictures I took this week:
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