No Doubt About it, We Are in Holland

I discovered today that I can see a true Dutch windmill from the western side of the apartment. When all the curtains are back and the blinds drawn, it really feels like a we're living in a birds nest up here. We have huge picture windows on two sides, so everything is very open.

When I was looking online for somewhere to eat dinner last night, I came across a restaurant called "De Jonge Dikkert". The Young part of that name must be a family name, because the windmill is actually still standing from 1672. Now it houses a restaurant instead of a family. It looks a little pricey, so we'll be saving it for a special occasion, but it was a nice surprise to look out the window and suddenly realize that that is what I'm looking at. Yes sireee, we are in Holland. This photo is verrrry zoomed in, trying to cut through the mist, but you'll see two windmill arms x-ing just below the horizon, almost dead center if you squint at it just right. Clicking the restaurant link might give you a better idea though :) And since I'm link crazy now, here's the Google maps image too. It's a nice photo of the exterior in summer. Which we will probably never see...