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Friday, August 18, 2017

Last Day–De Trouwe Wachter

After Monnikendam, we headed for another repeat on this trip. Our friends, the family Verbiest, had been away on their own holiday and we weren’t sure we would get to see them. Fortunately, they arrived back just in time for us to visit them at the molen on our last afternoon. One of the best things about having been to the Netherlands several times is that we have made friends and not just visited the sites. De Trouwe Wachter is a non-pumping watermill where my great-grandmother was born. Her father was the first full-time miller to operate the mill in the mid 1800s. Jan Verbiest’s father had made the original arrangements to utilize the molen for a weekend retreat and now it has been passed down to Jan and his family.

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Jan, Elles and their son Pold met us at the mill late in the afternoon. I got a real kick out of Pold, who does not understand English. He wanted to know why is parents were only speaking English with us and they had to explain that we only understand English. I’m sure he found this very strange. Pold was very anxious for us to see the animals that they care for on the neighbor’s property and the chicken coop that Jan had built so food was chopped up and off we went to feed the animals.

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As we were ready to leave, Elles insisted that we get some photos of us at the molen.

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This is a view that I never get tired of seeing!

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