Monday 22 August 2011

Beach, de Hoop Windmill, Aeolus Windmill and Mussels at Wemeldinge ,Zeeland,Netherlands

 me mummy and Evie on the Dyke we are off to the beach today
 can you see the sailing boat ?
 we watched the barges
 a small and larger barge going in different directions , it was too cold for us to swim !


 this dog was called Max

 Leo and mummy on the Beach
 Evie and I made a sandcastle
 Evie puts some marks around the castle
 a police boat ?
 can you see the two cannons, there is a statue of a mermaid on the post

 marina - there are lots of boats here
 This is the  Aeolus Windmill this means the God of Wind
 me and Evie
http://www.geolocation.ws/v/W/4cb3dbe2421aa924b100088a/windmill-aeolus-in-wemeldinge-the/en
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_windmills_in_Zeeland
this is a tower mill or Stellingmolen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_mill

it was build in 1869
http://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=924


 next to the first windmill was a small deer park
these are called fallow deer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallow_Deer
http://www.bds.org.uk/fallow.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Fallow_Deer


 This is the second mill
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7B9K_De_Hoop_Wemeldinge_Zeeland_Netherlands
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestand:De_Hoop_Wemeldinge.jpg
http://eu.fotolia.com/id/4785046

this is called De Hoop
means hope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_windmills_in_Zeeland
http://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=925



we collected a lot of mussels to eat , we also collected oysters as well but i didn't try these but this is the bowl of mussels me and Evie ate !
http://www.openbeelden.nl/media/27189/Mosselkwekerijen_in_de_Oosterschelde
http://www.helpwithcooking.com/seafood-shellfish/how-to-cook-mussels.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/mussel 



some links for the area 

1 comment:

  1. Awesome post again, I have never had mussels! Seems you and Evie love them haha! :D

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