The same day that I went to see all the tulips we aslso stoped at this island that isnt an island any more. They had a nice indoor and outdoor museum all about it. And, if you cant already tell, Im pretending to swim in the first picture. That squiggly blue line behind me is sea level.
This place (yes I forgot the name, this seems to happen quite offten with me doesnt it?) used to be (a very very very long time ago) a peninsula in marsh land and thats when people first started living there. Then sea levels started rising and it went through several stages and finally ended up as its own little island. Only then that started to go and it became pretty tough to live there. Finally there was a forced relocation by the Dutch government because it was really too dangerouse for the people to stay.
Now its a happy bump in an otherwise completely flat, manmade landscape.
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What an interesting landscape/seascape.
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