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Excursion to De Zaanse Schans, S 09/07/2002


There used to be many windmills here...
More than 1000 in the XVII century
But now only 13 remain, they are all museums
Parag took many pictures of them
There used to be many windmills here... More than 1000 in the XVII century But now only 13 remain, they are all museums Parag took many pictures of them

Sheep, old houses and windmills
The period when each house was built can be told by the size of its windows
The first Albert Heijn supermarket ever!
A nicely-decorated narrow house..
Sheep, old houses and windmills The period when each house was built can be told by the size of its windows The first Albert Heijn supermarket ever! A nicely-decorated narrow house..

AH, once again
The nice house had a doll in the window..
A typical street in old rural Dutch towns.
Yasin. The picture didn't work...
AH, once again The nice house had a doll in the window.. A typical street in old rural Dutch towns. Yasin. The picture didn't work...

Sanny, Andrea & Elizabeth...
Sanny taking a picture of me taking a picture of him..
Zhang Wei
Oswaldo & Parag
Sanny, Andrea & Elizabeth... Sanny taking a picture of me taking a picture of him.. Zhang Wei Oswaldo & Parag

A room filled with old dolls...
They must be pretty expensive...
This is how people lived there a century and a half ago..
BTW, it was forbidden to take pictures there :)
A room filled with old dolls... They must be pretty expensive... This is how people lived there a century and a half ago.. BTW, it was forbidden to take pictures there :)

See the sign on the glass? I didn't..
Yep. That's me. I'm alive.
A windmill. This time we're going in...
Parag, Elizabeth, Andrea & Li Xin
See the sign on the glass? I didn't.. Yep. That's me. I'm alive. A windmill. This time we're going in... Parag, Elizabeth, Andrea & Li Xin

Your host, Don Corleone...
A postcard-perfect picture!
There were also canals there, of course...
... and more windmills...
Your host, Don Corleone... A postcard-perfect picture! There were also canals there, of course... ... and more windmills...

Close-up view of a windmill
Only two of the sails are unfurled now
The mill!
This is a machine made of wood..
Close-up view of a windmill Only two of the sails are unfurled now The mill! This is a machine made of wood..

Completely made of wood...
Gears, drives and everything else...
Gear teeth
More machine components..
Completely made of wood... Gears, drives and everything else... Gear teeth More machine components..

Close-up view of the rotors.
Another windmill.
This country is flat..
Wooden shoes!
Close-up view of the rotors. Another windmill. This country is flat.. Wooden shoes!

Sunday shoes..
More shoes from different ages..
Wedding shoes from the Pyrinnies.
Show Copy-machine
Sunday shoes.. More shoes from different ages.. Wedding shoes from the Pyrinnies. Show Copy-machine

These are large shoes...
Yasin. Meditating on life, the universe and everything else..
Then he noticed the camera... :)
These are large shoes... Yasin. Meditating on life, the universe and everything else.. Then he noticed the camera... :)