Netherlands - Sloten

This morning is overcast but what was strange was that there was not much dew and moisture on the boat as usual. Normally we have to dry off the top side before we leave but not much this morning.

Sloten Main Canal

Last Windmill in Sloten

Before we left Lemmer we decided to look for a museum of Indian Bikes that we saw on some brochures. This took us on another one of those ten to fifteen km bike trips that we have been doing. The GPS is fantastic. I just program wherever we are going, put the Samsung in the carry basket and off we go. All bicycle paths are marked and the navigator picks them all up.  

NG Kerk in Sloten

The Indian Museum was a bit of a story – think it is just someone with some Indian Bikes and a workshop. He only opens on a Saturday from 1-5 and you can see not many people actually visit out here,so that was a bummer to ride out all this way.

Sloten in the 1600's

Kids Romping About in the Harbour

It is only an hour to Sloten our next town where the entire town as it was in the 1600’s has been preserved. Sloten was founded in the 13^th century. The central canal is lined with ornamental lime trees. Sloten is one of the stops Elfstedentocht (The Eleven City Ride) this is the world’s longest and largest speed skating competition conducted throughout the eleven Friesian Cities when the Dutch winter permits sufficient natural ice along canals, rivers and lakes.The church still has its Sunday services and all the houses are as they were then. 

We might just chill here another day.

This is they way our children back in South Africa should be enjoying themselves - and this is after 7pm on the waters.