Friends and Land Touring

Maria and Deb walking and shopping around Amsterdam

WWII German Bunkers in the Netherlands with Tim and Deb

Tim found his favorite place to rest - WWII Bunker latrine

Nice $200,000 race car just sitting in the marina parking lot

Lovely Amsterdam canals, with wind and cheese of course

Maria and Deb enjoying the cool but stunning beaches in the Netherlands.  No bikinis here yet!

Tim and Deb visiting Savannah Sky at Port Zelande Marina

Vincent van Gough museum in Amsterdam

My all-time favorite painter, Paul Gauguin, who painted with his imagination...

More Amsterdam canals with liveaboard boats lining the banks

Ah, this painting is very special to my heritage.  The sailboat in the middle of the picture is carrying Prince Charles II, who was exiled to Holland by my relative, Sir Oliver Cromwell.  Sir Oliver also lopped off the head of Charles I in England and abolished the monarchy, way back when.  The painting shows Charles II returning to England to bring royalty (a king and queen) back to England.  This historical voyage happened in 1660 and as we all know, there is still a king in England now.  Maria looks very impressed, ha ha.

Now this is a magnificent library in the Netherlands National Museum (Rijksmuseum)

I like the two people in mid-air, flying down the chute on a typical cold and blustery day in Holland

S/Y Savannah Sky – June 7, 2023 – Log #2

Savannah Sky Position: 51 degrees 45’ N, 003 degrees 51’ E

Port Zélande, Ouddorp, Netherlands (Holland)

 

Friends and Land Touring

 

Working day and well into the night on Savannah Sky has pretty much taken all of our time and effort lately.  Who would have thought a bigger boat needed so much TLC?  Ha ha.

 

Our friends from Colorado, Tim and Deb, came to visit us on Savannah Sky.

 

We entertained them by walking on long beaches, hiking to WWII German bunkers and watching windsurfing antics in the 58-degree weather kept us busy.

 

Driving around, Steve got a hidden camera speeding ticket for going 1.86 mph over the speed limit.  I guess they need the money in the Netherlands?

 

Yet in the parking lot at the marina, we see so many Porches, Mercedes and even a $200,000 race car just sitting around.  Kind of interesting in a socialist country with so much obvious wealth?

 

We also visited the windmills at Kinderdijk before heading up to multi-cultural Amsterdam.

 

In Amsterdam, bicycles outnumber cars yet we only saw one pedestrian vs. bike crash and resulting fist-fight because the bicyclist claimed the right of way over a walker. Wow!

 

Steve and Maria

1.     You can follow Savannah Sky’s route here, once we leave the dock: https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/SY_SavannahSky/