Day 7
3 hours cycling | 30 miles
We woke up, ate breakfast and packed before leaving at midday.
We cycled through a town called Verhaegen and bought some apple cake!
After Verhaegen, we got to Delft after having lunch in a park.
Drawbridge for Boats
The church in the center is one of the historic churches in Delft.
Delft
Delft is a town in the Netherlands, famous for housing the University of Technology and for being home to the painter Jan Vermeer. It also is famous for its blue pottery and for having historical connections with the reigning House of Orange-Nassau. Its name comes from the word delf, which means to dig (it originated beside a canal).
It was very interesting to cycle through it and the canals were wonderful.
Dutch Windmills
Unlike any normal windmill, the typical Dutch windmill is for pumping water out from the polder. This is why Holland is so flat: most of it used to be situated underwater so the Dutch built windmills to pump out the water and reclaim land. The "polder" is a term used to describe the low-lying reclaimed land protected by dykes that act like drains, taking excess water out to the sea/lake.
However, some windmills in the Netherlands still are used to make flour, like their original use. The blades of the windmills can be adapted to the weather as the blades have a frame-like structure that have some flexibility so it will not be blown harshly by the wind.
If you want to find out more, click here.
After a lot of beautiful scenery, we arrived back in the Hook of Holland in the Evening.
Dinner in the Hook of Holland
After Dinner, we boarded the ferry and entered our cabin at around 7:30. The cabin, this time, did not have a porthole but, instead, it had a sofa! We slept very well in it.
