No Sunday shopping here! Everything is closed on Sunday and many shops will still be closed on Monday as well as an extension to the weekend. Office workers are back at it Monday but shopkeepers who worked Saturday are off and will either be running errands or taking a leisure day.
After a leisurely morning of reading and uploading photos for the blog we had lunch followed by a cup of tea and a spectacular piece of chocolate cake that Jen had quietly been preparing this morning while we played with Kylie.
After Kylie’s nap we all headed out by car to Rotterdam and a tour of the Rotterdam Harbour. Although still the largest and busiest port of Europe, Rotterdam is now the third largest in the world next to Shanghai and Singapore (sorry Ed . . but it’s true).
Most important for the port of Rotterdam are the petrochemical industry and general cargo transshipment handlings. The harbour functions as an important transit point for transport of bulk and other goods between the European continent and other parts of the world. From Rotterdam goods are transported by ship, river barge, train or road. The Betuweroute, a fast cargo railway from Rotterdam to Germany, has been under construction since 2000. The Dutch part of this railway was opened in 2007. There are five large oil refineries that are located west of the city.
There are no bridges over the main channel into Rotterdam. Instead, there are three tunnels under for the traffic of the city to keep flowing. The tour was very interesting but with four languages being used it seemed that when the English version came up we were already past the spot they were talking about.
After the tour we spent some time walking around one of the shopping districts. Unlike Maassluis, the shops here are open on Sunday and there are many families out for a stroll despite the drizzle and overcast sky. We gawked at some of the interesting architecture.
For dinner, we stopped at another of Jen and Al’s favourites for meal of pizza and pasta.
After a leisurely morning of reading and uploading photos for the blog we had lunch followed by a cup of tea and a spectacular piece of chocolate cake that Jen had quietly been preparing this morning while we played with Kylie.
After Kylie’s nap we all headed out by car to Rotterdam and a tour of the Rotterdam Harbour. Although still the largest and busiest port of Europe, Rotterdam is now the third largest in the world next to Shanghai and Singapore (sorry Ed . . but it’s true).
Most important for the port of Rotterdam are the petrochemical industry and general cargo transshipment handlings. The harbour functions as an important transit point for transport of bulk and other goods between the European continent and other parts of the world. From Rotterdam goods are transported by ship, river barge, train or road. The Betuweroute, a fast cargo railway from Rotterdam to Germany, has been under construction since 2000. The Dutch part of this railway was opened in 2007. There are five large oil refineries that are located west of the city.
There are no bridges over the main channel into Rotterdam. Instead, there are three tunnels under for the traffic of the city to keep flowing. The tour was very interesting but with four languages being used it seemed that when the English version came up we were already past the spot they were talking about.
After the tour we spent some time walking around one of the shopping districts. Unlike Maassluis, the shops here are open on Sunday and there are many families out for a stroll despite the drizzle and overcast sky. We gawked at some of the interesting architecture.
For dinner, we stopped at another of Jen and Al’s favourites for meal of pizza and pasta.
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