We woke up to an overcast day. we traveled by barge to Breukelen (of which Brooklyn NY is named). We biked for about 35 kilometers in total. The ride was very beautiful. There are so many bike paths and there are lades along the highway designated for bikes. I spent good parts of the day converting between euros and dollars and kilometers and miles!
We stopped for lunch and it began to rain...of course I left all of my raingear on the boat. I improvised and made a rain coat out of a trash bag and took a hat out of the lost and find. I managed to stay pretty dry (though I looked like a hot mess). We saw many, many canals of all sizes, and dykes...a built up wall that protects from flooding. I learned that mos of the Netherlands is below sea level and that is why the land is so wet. The canals are used to drain the land!
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