Kinderdijk is a village in the Netherlands, belonging to the municipality of Molenwaard.
The windmills of Kinderdijk are one of the best-known Dutch tourist sites. They have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.
The name Kinderdijk is Dutch for "Children dike".
The reason for the name: Here's the story:
In 1421, during the Saint Elizabeth flood of 1421, the Grote Hollandse Waard flooded, but the Alblasserwaard polder stayed unflooded. It is said that when the terrible storm had subsided, someone went on to the dike between these two areas, to see what could be saved. In the distance, he saw a wooden cradle floating on the waters. As it came nearer, some movement was detected. A cat was seen in the cradle trying to keep it in balance by jumping back and forth so that no water could get into it. As the cradle eventually came close enough to the dike for a bystander to pick up the cradle, he saw that a baby was quietly sleeping inside it, nice and dry. The cat had kept the cradle balanced and afloat. This folktale and legend has been published as "The Cat and the Cradle" in English.
Inside the windmill.....
You make sure to walk on the correct side because the bicycles come flying down the middle
Later that day....dinner with our beautiful besties from California....The WaxWorksWest girls, their hubbies,
plus their brother Kelly and SIL LynneAnne ...
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Wendy & Roger Aikin
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Joe & Judy Stabile
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and tomorrow we sail on to Cologne (Koln)...
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