Kinderdijk windmills- Netherlands
When I think of Holland, I think of tulips and windmills. We are waiting until this weekend to see the tulips, but last weekend on Austin's day off we saw the windmills. Kinderdijk showcases the complete history of water management in one location. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is a must-see attraction if traveling through the Netherlands. Lanterns in the window at the visitor's center Mom and Landon looking at a tiny windmill in the visitor's center Our journey started at the visitor's center, where we waited for a few minutes to see a movie that talked about the history of Kinderdijk, and how the water management system works. The visitor's center was a refurbished pumping station that used steam to pump the water to higher ground. I always thought that the wind mills were used mostly for grinding grain, but these mills were attached to a water wheel and used to drain water out of the boggy ground and up to higher ground. Then the water was ...