My Heart Soars: Holland : Part 2 - Day 3 Afternoon: Zurich Village

Day 3 (Afternoon) of Holland Drive

Here is a summary of what is spent on Day 3.

17/7 Day 3: Westerstede, Germany -- Zurich, Holland

Must-Incur Costs

(1) Petrol in Zurich, Holland - EUR73.89 / 46.21 liter / EUR1.599 per liter (Gosh, petrol in Holland is more expensive than Sweden. Check out the price per liter (EUR1.40 per liter) in my Day 1 post) / Distance from Malmo to Zurich, Holland = 983km

Last filled in Malmo, Stockholm on Day 2

Optional Costs

(1) 17/7 Lunch at Restaurant De Steenen Man in Zurich Village - EUR38

The Story

170717: The night before, we had slept in a parking lot in Westerstede. It was very close to the Holland border. We left the place at 9.30am and entered Holland at 10.10am.

Prof Sweet Tooth wanted to see the dam that was built to protect Holland from being flooded. It was close to a little village called Zurich. I only know Zurich of Switzerland, so this is funny. Haha! Along the way (right after we pumped petrol at Zurich), we saw a vast green field, and Prof Sweet Tooth has the opinion that what lies behind the field is the sea. I just followed along. It was a lovely hot weather and I saw many cyclists and people sunbathing.

Prof Sweet Tooth was right. There is a sea behind the elevated fields.

Before we went to explore the dam that was built to protect Holland from being flooded, we went to have lunch in a restaurant in Zurich Village. I think it is the only restaurant in the village. It is also a restaurant and hotel with the same owner. I saw a few customers sitting outside sunbathing while having a beer. This place is call - Hotel De Steenen Man.

We sat outside in the garden that has lovely blooming flowers. I sat under the sun because the wind chilled me, although it was sunny. Here is me, sipping the bitter coffee from the small cup.

This is my lunch. Soy-meat while his is entrecote with a bowl of salad and a bowl of potato fries. I wanted a vegetarian meal but there was none on the menu, so the owner/chef offered to cook something vegetarian. And he came with this soy-meat food. Pretty good, although it was the first time me tasting such food. It is very generous of him to accommodate to my request.

After lunch, we made our way towards the dam. There, I saw lots of boats - huge ones too and some with teenagers playing on board. It was the summer holidays. As Holland is a low and flat country, the dam was necessary to prevent the sea-water from flooding the country.

According to Prof Sweet Tooth, that was the dam as in the below photo where a road is now built on it, and the same road we travelled on too. Well, I cannot visualise when the water will rise. Maybe during a thunderstorm. There were, on occasions, we drove on the road, where the navigator shows -5m. We were 5m below sea level!