Holland is the land of strong coffee served in small coffee cups, football fans (Voetbal), brined herring and onions - eaten by tilting the head back and letting the slippery thing slide down your throat, draw bridges, bicycles - bicycles - and more bicycles, only a very few helmets were visible - not even on kids who sit either in front of or behind the adult rider who also wears no helmet, wonderful flat and paved bike paths, a wonderful system of waypoints and maps on signposts to guide you to the next waypoint, brick houses, tile and thatched roofs, narrow houses - one only 39 inches wide, cheese, Kroketten - a sort of deep fried treat of breaded meat and cheese, expensive overnight lodgings, old historic buildings, lots of history, old and new sail boats, dikes a many, and lots of water. Did I mention wind? Holland can be windy.

In July, 2010 we took two tours in Holland a bike and ship tour and we rode the one of the Rhine estuaries from Rotterdam to the German border.