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Kinderdijk: It does not get more Dutch than this…

After being for almost two years living in The Netherlands, we still had not visited THE Dutchest place of all: Kinderdijk!!!

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So, during National Windmill Day – yes, there is such thing in here ha ha- we decided to drive for almost 2 hours in order to get to this amazing place.

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Kinderdijk: a small village that was built around 1740 in order to keep the land from flooding, a UNESCO’s World Heritage Site, and one of the most tourstic places in The Netherlands, given that it is the place which concentrates the highest number of windmills in the country, hosting 19 of them.

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With canals all over the place and windmills in the back, this place made us live a very special experience, and took us back to the old Dutch times in which the people were living like this…

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Beautiful sceneries and its surrounding nature- which is home to ducks, cows and other animals- make the place worth visiting!

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We were able to enter into two different kinds of windmills- a rounded one and a squared one-, in where we could see how families lived, and of course got to climb the famous Dutch steep and narrow stairs… we could get a sense of how they spent their everyday life in there, cooking, sleeping, working and dressing… it was an incredible experience!

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Of course we did not miss the chance to see the famous wooden clogs, and we came out very happy after living such a fantastic experience!

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Kinderdijk is surely a must visit place for everyone planning a visit to The Netherlands, or simply an escapade to getting a Dutch vibe for a kick in !!!

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jaimeandbeca

Jaime and Beca (us) are a young couple who is eager for traveling... we have managed to travel to places that we never could have imagined! Being all of them, a unique experience that is impossible to forget. The name of the blog comes out from our first travel together, in which right about to start our honeymoon, Jaime was denied the opportunity to board the plane, because his US visa was expired... and it was then when all of our crazy travel adventures began! Despite the fact that we have a toddler, Jack, we have not limited ourselves from getting out there and getting to know more cultures and places every time that it is possible. We love to visit the local supermarkets to get a better grasp of how are locals behaving grocery-wise, and of course we never skip the typical eating in the place of destination! What can we do? We love food and we love to eat! The best part is that Jack has become an excellent travel companion, he loves to try new foods and he is as excited as we are about traveling! If we have to wake up early in the morning he is the first to have a smile and be excited to know what we are going to explore during the day! We hope you will enjoy our adventures, and become a part of them while reading this.

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