Day 5 - Sunday 31 March 2024
Easter Sunday and breakfast tables were decorated.
And when we returned to our cabin we found a large Lindt chocolate bunny.
We arrived at Kinderdijk at lunchtime. I had the Pulled Pork BBQ Sandwich. The menu said it came on a Kaiser Roll, which is did on the 2023 Rhine-Mosel cruise but they were either out of them or the chef had no idea what a Kaiser Roll was and used two small bread rolls.
It's not the first time we've been to Kinderdijk; last time we just went for a walk along the waterfront, and this time Joan stayed on the boat. But it wasn't raining so I joined an excursion in the afternoon.
The windmills built in the early 1700s are pumps to keep the reclaimed land dry. We can go in one from 1738 and while I am there I see the miller, wearing clogs, turn the mill with the large wheel so it faces the new wind direction and anchor it in the position with chains.
We have a talk about the windmills form the guide and a quick visit to a steam pump room that also houses a gift shop, then it's back to the boat as it leaves for Rotterdam at 15:30.
An hour later we moor in Rotterdam. There's an optional walking tour but, unusually, no included excursion.
And as we ate dinner the Viking Ve cruised on to Antwerp.
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