Fascinating stories! Looking at the pictures, I am curious about the hydro-geology of fresh and salt water here. So close to the sea, yet the people and the trees seem to have plenty of fresh water. Are you slightly above sea-level, or is the aquifer under pressure from a higher elevation source?
🧡 an Orange heart. Enjoying reading this Island history, visualizing the walk on the dikes and see the Fort Ellewoutsdijk as a reminder of trouble. I'm wondering if the local people still wear their traditional dress on Sundays? And the resilience of the peoples managing the waters is truly amazing. The photos aides with the seeing . . . thank you (-:
Seems it’s an ongoing fight to keep harbors from silting. Those villages that no longer have harbors are still beautiful. Thanks for the lovely photos and history. It certainly a wonderful area.
-Love the Dutch sources in the Notes. I really enjoy reading those. Checked out your Fort Ellewoutsdijk link. Made the mistake of going to the main forten.nl page and clicking on "Vestingen". I now officially need to win the lottery so I can just basically spend years exploring all these places.
-Castles and churches are my absolute favorites to learn about the history of a place as are street/place names. Loved the ones you mentioned. There's a Müliweg right outside here (Müli is Swiss German for mill and weg is path) and a bus stop called Brauerei (not sure what happened to that brewery). Oh, and in my head Beveland had something to do with beavers ;-)
-Having water on our flags just highlights its importance. The Argovian flag also has water in it (three wavy lines to represent the three main rivers).
-Silted harbors are not something I was very aware of (I'll blame it on being Swiss). Fascinating and I love what they did in Biezelinge.
-I would probably be drawn to the coast just to see the ocean, but I now have an evergrowing list of charming villages to go explore as well. Thank you!
-Nisse another place to go on my list. That's a great picture and I already picked out my reading bench.
Have I mentioned that I really liked this article? Thank you for sharing all this.
Fascinating stories! Looking at the pictures, I am curious about the hydro-geology of fresh and salt water here. So close to the sea, yet the people and the trees seem to have plenty of fresh water. Are you slightly above sea-level, or is the aquifer under pressure from a higher elevation source?
🧡 an Orange heart. Enjoying reading this Island history, visualizing the walk on the dikes and see the Fort Ellewoutsdijk as a reminder of trouble. I'm wondering if the local people still wear their traditional dress on Sundays? And the resilience of the peoples managing the waters is truly amazing. The photos aides with the seeing . . . thank you (-:
Seems it’s an ongoing fight to keep harbors from silting. Those villages that no longer have harbors are still beautiful. Thanks for the lovely photos and history. It certainly a wonderful area.
So much to say ... in no particular order:
-Love the Dutch sources in the Notes. I really enjoy reading those. Checked out your Fort Ellewoutsdijk link. Made the mistake of going to the main forten.nl page and clicking on "Vestingen". I now officially need to win the lottery so I can just basically spend years exploring all these places.
-Castles and churches are my absolute favorites to learn about the history of a place as are street/place names. Loved the ones you mentioned. There's a Müliweg right outside here (Müli is Swiss German for mill and weg is path) and a bus stop called Brauerei (not sure what happened to that brewery). Oh, and in my head Beveland had something to do with beavers ;-)
-Having water on our flags just highlights its importance. The Argovian flag also has water in it (three wavy lines to represent the three main rivers).
-Silted harbors are not something I was very aware of (I'll blame it on being Swiss). Fascinating and I love what they did in Biezelinge.
-I would probably be drawn to the coast just to see the ocean, but I now have an evergrowing list of charming villages to go explore as well. Thank you!
-Nisse another place to go on my list. That's a great picture and I already picked out my reading bench.
Have I mentioned that I really liked this article? Thank you for sharing all this.
Thoroughly enjoying... really it's a constant struggle for those who live near the water...I salute them... thank you Alex...