Before our tour, lunch is served. Feels like we just ate but that’s never stopped me from eating a meal with dessert.

I had the BLT that I ate before I took a pic of. The dessert was top notch.

After lunch, Greg and I headed to meet the tour guide for our ebike tour. But first, a pic with my new cousin Jane.

We headed through a small fence that proved slightly difficult to navigate for a few participants, across the road while avoiding speeding bikes and cars to the bike rental place.

We rode a short ride to a windmill converted to a museum. It turned out to be a beautiful day. There are 19 windmills in Kinderdijk and 16 are still inhabited by resident millers who still work the windmills.

There was some disagreement within our group as to whether the residents pay rent or live rent free, I think it’s rent free but whatever.

It takes 1-2 years to get a millers degree to work the windmill. Once you are licensed you can put your name on the waiting list for a windmill. You aren’t paid for the job which is why I think you live rent free. Most everyone works another job and then tends to their windmill at night. There is a requirement as to how many rotations each one needs to make per year as well as to keep the windmill in good shape mechanically.

The purpose of the windmill is to pump water out of the pastures to the canals. They still do this today but they also aren’t dependent on the windmills due to modern technology but since this is a UNESCO world heritage site these continue to be in operation.