Britta's Letters from her life divided between city-life in German's capital Berlin and life in a Bavarian village
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Saturday 10 September 2022

My Holiday in Zoutelande in the Netherlands

I want to share a few pictures of my week in Zoutelande in the Kingdom of The Netherlands with you. Zoutelande is a small village and well-known bathing place in the Zeeland Province.  

I start with a typical Dutch landmark: the windmill. This one in Zoutelande was built in 1722. 


During our holiday the weather was so hot that we became almost ungrateful - 34°C made us less enterprising than normally. 
The North Sea was beautiful and calm, the water too, and - by its standard - "warm": 21° C. 








The Netherlands are a small, beautiful and rich country - with lots and lots of water in form of channels and Grachten. They have bridges on roads over channels that can be opened - and they do that! - and even an ambulance has to wait...


 More than the tourist-oriented Zoutelande...  


... I love the town Middleburg


Queen Wilhelmina (1880 - 1962) 





or the impressing technical world-wonder of the Deltawerken in the Oosterschelde, protecting Holland against the sea. The North Sea can be murderous, remember the flood catastrophe in January 1953.  (holland.com/de/tourist/reiseziele/provinzen/zeeland/deltawerke)  


I love the cozy Dutch villages, here Dreischor, a church-ring-village, first mentioned in 1206. You think you are in Rye - and Miss Mapp or Lucia might cross a threshold :-) (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreischor): 










So: It was a relaxing holiday.  


With nice food (here you see the oyster banks in Yseke):  





... impressing skies 


... and the unforgettable scent of Rosa Gallica and the Sea: