Dutch Open Air Museum

Yesterday was another day trip, this time to the Dutch open air museum. Similar to Williamsburg, this is a living history museum, but rather than re-creating a particular era in history, this museum rescues old buildings that would be destroyed & transports them to its site. So, it will have a sheep fold from the southern Netherlands next to a few buildings from a fishing village on the North Sea. 

Here's Karl next to an old beekeeper get-up:

Here are fritz & bill working an old ferry boat :

And a few pictures of trying to ride the penny-farthings:

We thought the boys were too old for playgrounds, but they had a blast getting lost in a maze:

But it all went south when fritz had a few too many spins on the big swing. 

 Hello lunch!

We recovered & Karl got fascinated with the workings of a big wind-driven flour mill:

The day was topped off by a visit with our friend Jeff Littlejohn, who was in town on business:

A long fun day!