Alkmaar- the cheesy place...
they always have nice buildings in the middle of the square...

main street...lots of shopping + lots of crowd...

the big jukebox that plays cute songs...

alkmaar is known as a cheese pasar malam...

pasar malam not only sells cheese but lots of other random stuff..notice the river behind..

clogs, clogs and more clogs!

cheese, cheese and more cheese...you smell cheese everywhere...

tradition cheese trading shows on fridays... it's a tourist thingy but lots of crowd!notice the red sedan kindda thing..they use that to transport cheese around... cheese trading is usually done at the main square near the river. cheese is a main diet for sailors in replace of milk. cheese has a lower shelf life and easier to store compared to other dietary products.dutch pancakes, which is another version of takopachi?

close up view...it's like flatter and coated with icing sugar

huge trucks of cheese.... old cheese, young cheese..

taken at the cheese musuem, attempting to carry the cheese...

kaas/cheese musuem exhibit..

luxurious boat driven by kids...uber jealous!

k..i know..even more cheese..just look at the types available...

and more....

river at alkmaar...

taken from the car...you see cows along the highway...

modern windmills!


Kinderdijk- the windmills haven..
there are 19 windmills at this place. it's not that accessible via train coz it's really at the outskirts. this also explained why we drove down to the place. cheaper and easier..not to mention that it's so convenient too. so, if you're at the netherlands and you wanna see windmills. this is definitely the place.. you get to see the many windmills built all relatively closely to each other...weather was really good and the sky was so blue and decorated with white fluffy clouds! even the lousiest camera can picture the most beautiful photo. sorry for the few pictures coz my camera died halfway!!! suay..but nevertheless, i managed to capture some of it. i love windmills! useful and beautiful...

the many windmills along the river...

more windmills... note that pictures are not photoshopped.

us at kinderdjik..

my hair is never neat becoz of the strong winds..some of the windmills are spinning so quickly!

taken at 7pm..yes..i'm not kidding. the days are getting longer...

love the rivers...plus the sky...
bridges...
look at the row of windmills...
messy hair again!
us having picnic at kinderdjik...