This is the small town of Volendam about an hour or so outside Amsterdam.
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As you can see by the new building, the town has been settled on reclaimed land.
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A little PDA (Public Display of Affection) going on in the township.
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Smoked herring to the Dutch is what McDonald's is to American's.
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Who's the rubber neck dressed in red?????
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We've no idea how to pronounce what they're selling, but it looks great.
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Even here we found Japanese tourists taking photo's. Believe it or not, they were taking pictures of a window mounted flower box.
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We were pleasantly surprised to find that most of the Dutch spoke English. It made eating a lot easier.
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Don't even think about having your own "1/4 acre" block in most parts of Europe.
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I wonder what that is?
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This is a local cheese factory we visited. Notice the unusual roof.
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This still does not show how large the ferry terminal is.
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We also visited a clog factory. The guy is hand making a pair while most of the clogs on the ceiling are manufactured mechanically. It takes about 30 to 40 minutes to hand make a pair of clogs, it only takes about 3 minutes by machine to do the same thing.
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Did you know that there are two types of clogs? A farmers and a fisherman's. The fisherman's clog has a pronounced upwardly curled pointed toe so you can hook the net over the toe, leaving your hands free to pull more of the net in.
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The first American "Clogbabe"!
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Hey you cant be silly on your own, now can you?
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Are we there yet Dad? Huh? Huh?
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