Day 10 29/6/19 Etten-Leur, Netherlands Cuxhaven, Germany.
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| Artwork in our bedroom, you can decide who it is |
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| Outside the BNB |
About a 5 hour drive today to get to Maritta’s relatives in
Germany. We decided to not take the direct route but added a half hour and
drove up through Holland so we could cross the Dike built to tame the Zuider Zee.
We did take a minor detour when we went off the motorway to
take a short break and discovered the only way back on again was to travel
about 10Km through a large town and a number of small villages, was very pretty
though, traveling beside a couple of canals.
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| Tree lined streets are a feature of Dutch villages |
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| Most of the country is very flat as you would expect |
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| Some of the intersections can be challenging |
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| There are some very interesting bridges |
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| Bicycles rule here |
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| FLAT |
The dike spans from Den Oever in Wieringen to Zurich in Friesland and is 32Km long, 90M wide
and rises 7.25M above sea level. It was proposed by Cornelius Lely in 1891.
After a number of smaller dams where built, construction of the main dam began
in 1927 and was completed by 1932. The dam is currently being upgraded and the
new pumps being installed will be able to transfer 400-600M3/s, the
equivalent of draining 12 Olympic size swimming pools in a minute.
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| Sluice gates on the Zuider zee dike |
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| View from the walking bridge across the Dike, Ocean on the right, dam on the left, guessing about 5M in height between them |
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| Local, they have the same instincts everywhere it seems although these aren't quite as aggressive as Aussie ones |
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| Interesting foot bridge |
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| Through one of the many tunnels |
From here we proceeded into Germany.
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| More wind turbines |
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