This morning we woke up in Bruinisse, a tiny village in the south-west of the Netherlands. Apparently, it was originally an island but in the mid 1400s they built dikes reclaiming land so they could be connected to the mainland.
We decided to hop on a bus and check out another village in the area. On our way there we had to cross a very long bridge that has big, odd looking structures along the bridge. We learned that they’re called a Delta works, that’s a kind of storm surge flooding barriers, to stop the land from being flooded like it was in 1953 when high tide and a really bad wind storm pushed walls of water 5.6 metres above sea level onto land. That would be so scary, we’re so glad that the barriers are there now.
We got off the bus in the village of Veere, a port town that was prosperous place lots of trading, including Scotland’s wool trade. It is a lovely little town with cute houses, curved roads and lots of green gardens.
The left side picture is a merchant house that dates back to 1579. It would have had the business, with warehouse storage, on the ground levels with a living place for the family of the owner and maybe even some workers above.
The right side picture is the street leading to the market square, it’s called Marktplein in the Netherlands. We saw all sorts of shops with local clothing, cafes and such.
Oh, look a tiny, little candy store, we have to check this out. We discovered it’s called ‘Oma’s Snoepwinkel’, which means Grandma’s Candy Store. It’s crowded with all sorts of yummy looking old time candies, and the girl there told us it’s all from Grandma’s time. The best part is that we could get some tasty candies to munch on while we rode the bus back to our ship.
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