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Lovely day for a Dutch field trip!
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Park-and-ride lot, Netherlands style
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The Dutch countryside
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Anne figuring out how to get to Zaanse Schans
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Our first windmill!
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Proof that Anne and I were in the Netherlands
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Modern and ancient
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A view of Zaanse Schans
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Picturesque Zaandijk, the town across the river from Zaanse Schans
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The Zaanse Schans neighborhood
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Windmill and chocolate factory
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Windmills!
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Inside De Kat, the world's last wind-powered paint mill
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Inside De Kat: chopping raw material to make pigments for paint
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Inside De Kat: close-up on the grinding wheel that makes pigments
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Wooden pin holding the structure together
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Wooden gears inside De Kat
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Metal wedges pinning the works together
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Inside De Kat
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Out on the balcony of De Kat
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Looking out over the polder (land reclaimed from the sea)
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Modern buildings in the distance look a bit startling
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Weather vane on top of De Kat
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Out on the balcony of De Kat
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Anne enjoying her day at Zaanse Schans
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The gears inside De Kat
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The interior of De Kat reminded me of my old treehouse
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The finished pigments made by De Kat
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Historic photo of De Kat with people iceskating on the frozen river
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Colorful character entertaining the tourists