Jos' Boat Trip October 5, 2025

 Jos' Boat Trip 

Rotterdam

October 05, 2025

This morning the wind was still howling in at 70-85 kms and there were periods of intermittent rain showers,  in short another harbour day.  This is just fine as it gives me an opportunity to seeing things beyond my life behind bars (handle bars that is).   Jos suggested that we drive up Rotterdam and walk around the sights.  

As parking anywhere close to the city centre is impossible we drove to the outskirts and took the train into central Rotterdam.  The train deposited us right downtown and we walked over an watched this canal which has a wave generator in it and people were surfing.  From there we wandered around to the Markthal which is a huge horseshoe shaped building.  On the main floor is a market which a a hundred different food vendors and upstairs is all apartments.  We stopped and enjoyed a chicken saty for lunch and watched the crowds of people.  After lunch we wandered through the museum sector and saw a bunch of the famous architecture of the city.  The Depot is a huge cup shaped building with mirrors on the outside and trees on the top.  It was pretty interesting as you could pick your self out in the reflections.  From there we wandered over the maritime museum and walked though the harbour section of the museum.  They had hundreds of interesting displays along the wharf.   Trains which shuttled cargo to steam cranes and a lot of ferries and cargo barges.  It was getting late in the afternoon and we didn't have time to go into the museum as that would be at least a 5 hour thing.  

We got back on the train and were whisked back to the van.  On the way home we stopped and picked up a few things for supper.  

It looks like the wind storm is somewhat abated so I think the plan is to go for a little ride tomorrow. 

There is a lot to see and we only scratched the surface but it was a fun day.

Terry