Thursday we broke camp at Gaspaarplas and headed north, stopping first at Marken--a former island in the former Zuider Zee--and then beautiful Edam. But first, rather than drive straight-away into Marken, now connected to the mainland--we decided we'd walk a few miles of the old dike.
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| So this what Marken would have looked like a century ago |
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| Closer up, now joined by a causeway, right |
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Anyhow, driving up the causeway, we stopped to take the dike
footpath toward Marken |
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| Marken from the footpath |
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Looking the other way, the vast inland lake that used to be
the Zuider Zee |
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Approaching a small hamlet...note the things to the right, in
the water |
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They are ice breaks--although the sea has been tamed,
monumental ice is still a problem, occasionally carrying away
whole houses |
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| On up the island, the old lighthouse |
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| Synchronized windmills...momentarily |
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| One of scores of sailing vessels on the Ijs |
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Looking back toward our rig...the windmills were more than a
mile beyond it |
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