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 

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wemeldinge

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wemeldinge?uselang=nl#mw-subcategories

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeeland

http://www.zeeland.nl/index?lng=en

http://www.zeeland.nl/

http://wikitravel.org/en/Zeeland

http://www.map-of-netherlands.co.uk/map-of-zeeland.htm

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Zeeland,&hl=en&rlz=1C1AVSW_enGB374GB377&biw=1280&bih=709&prmd=ivnsm&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=IVpRTs76OsufOr-P-MIC&ved=0CH0QsAQ

Wemeldinge,Zeeland, dyke, war memorial and sea shells

This is the word for Glass -its a recycling bin

me on the wall that keeps the sea out - it is called a dyke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_flood_of_1953
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_management
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_control_in_the_Netherlands
http://www.eh-resources.org/floods.html
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/149881
http://www.zeeweringen.nl/english/

me mummy,Leo  and Evie on top of the wall of a cycle track

we needed sun hats and cream as it was very warm at 27c

i watched some barges carry rocks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barge
http://www.portofantwerp.com/portal/page/portal/POA_EN/Focus%20op%20de%20haven/Mainport%20in%20het%20hart%20van%20Europa/Binnenvaart
http://www.containerafvaarten.be/

I am talking to Evie , can you see the sailing boats ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish
http://www.jellyfishfacts.net/
the beach and sea had a lot of these !

the harbor entry

can you see the two windmills ?
http://www.windmillworld.com/europe/netherlands.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windmill
http://www.holland.com/global/Tourism/Article/Dutch-Windmills.htm

an old house

this was scary and the biggest sunflower !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower

can you see the rounded windows ?

pretty shutters

http://www.ww2museums.com/article/1913/Memorial-civillian-casualties-Wemeldinge.htm


The monument consists of two sides described.


On the left part reads:
"THAT WE NOT FORGOTTEN
WE REMEMBRANCE."


On the right part are the names of 24 war victims:
Marinus Jacob Noussen * 26-02-1914 † 18-07-1940 Rotterdam
Licia Cijsouw * 07-06-1920 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Licia Cijsouw * 01-09-1936 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Jan Cijsouw * 11-02-1919 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Maria Pieternella Cijsouw * 20-12-1906 † 01-08-1942 wemeldinge
Peter Cijsouw * 30-07-191 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Pieternella Cijsouw * 01-10-1937 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Licia de Fouw * 12-03-1882 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Willem Kooman * 23-09-1856 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Cornelia Adriana Sonke * 05-07-1921 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Sara Sonke * 13-07-1878 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Pieter Marinus Glas * 25-09-1918 † 02-05-1943 Alkmaar
Marinus Traas * 21-10-1911 † 17-10-1944 Tuddem (D)
Pieternella Feellus * 15-05-1860 † 28-10-1944 Wemeldinge
Marinus Noussen * 25-09-1888 † 28-10-1944 Wemeldinge
Dirk Kromhout * 20-09-1887 † 29-10-1944 Wemeldinge
Daniël Pieterse * 17-05-1902 † 29-10-1944 Wemeldinge
Jan Paauwe * 13-11-1877 † 01-11-1944 Wemeldinge
Sander Bison * 12-06-1894 † 06-11-1944 Wemeldinge
Cornelia Leijs * 01-10-1894 † 06-11-1944 Wemeldinge
Steven van de Guchte * 08-09-1937 † 10-11-1944 Goes
Jacobus Adriaan Zuijddijk * 03-11-1908 † 12-11-1944 Neuengamme (D)
Cornelis de Jonge * 25-07-1924 † 13-12-1944 Aheinfelden (Zw)


Jan Jacobus Vermaire * 02-05-1925 † 07-05-1949 Kawali/Tjiamis (Java)

sailing boat

me and my mum on the dyke

me on the beach and evie on the Dyke and a sailing boat

on the way back

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our route

some links for the area 

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wemeldinge

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wemeldinge?uselang=nl#mw-subcategories

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeeland

http://www.zeeland.nl/index?lng=en

http://www.zeeland.nl/

http://wikitravel.org/en/Zeeland

http://www.map-of-netherlands.co.uk/map-of-zeeland.htm

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Zeeland,&hl=en&rlz=1C1AVSW_enGB374GB377&biw=1280&bih=709&prmd=ivnsm&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=IVpRTs76OsufOr-P-MIC&ved=0CH0QsAQ

 up the Dyke wall

 on the dyke wall

 we are collecting shells

 can you see the jellyfish ?

 I had to be careful as it was slippy!!!!

 Evie feeding some sheep

me stroking the lambs 

Evie arranged the seashells and things we collected  from the dyke

sunset -it was beautiful