One of the adventures i forgot to mention is our Day-Trip to Haarlem.
Haarlem is the capital of North Holland and is 20km west of Amsterdam.
20 mins on the Double Decker Trains (brilliant idea) and we arrive in this "city"
After a few questions in the Tourist Information we were on our way through the cobblestone streets.
Plenty of churches and museums about the place but the place ze both wanted to see was the wndmill.....
THE WINDMILL
The tour of the Windmill was quite interesting, a typical dutchman (seen below sand bagging Lisa) acting as tour guide. 3 euro for the tour, he explained all about windmills and their history and the history of holland and even the history of the spanish army bringing their whores to battle.
The next pic is me standing on the "wing" of the windmill, the tourguide told me to do it :-)
You dont realise how high up it actually is til your up there, now im not afraid of heights but it would make anyone queasy....
The next one is a pic of the local prison, this one is reserved for people doing long stretches,
Another thing the tour guide told us is, the people in that prison, have their rooms their tv their radio usual things but they can also apply to the warden to have his wife in a conjugal visit ( which is not uncommon in USA) but they can alos request the company of a prostitute.
Talk about having your cake and eating it.....
More from me when i get move on............
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