Giethoorn and Zwoole (Canals and Churches)
Something you have to remember when traveling, is that if it could happen...it probably won't, unless you are me, or walking around with me; then, you never know, you may end up eat amazing Napoleon pizza followed by decadent Dutch hot chocolate in a rain storm on a canal and then get locked inside a church tower without lights only two hours later. Think it can't happen? Oh, I beg to differ, as do the three other girls who were with me during said rain storm and lock in.
IxESN was better organized than ISOW, but they also were smart, the trip to Giethoorn and Zwolle was just that, a bus ride to one place and then to the other and home. No embellishments, no tour, just the bus, which makes things easier. If I'm traveling locally, especially a day trip, I normally pack a sandwhich for something for lunch and then just get a drink or snack, but on this trip I decided to eat with the girls I was traveling with after we walked around Giethoorn, which is this super adorable village full of canals. If it hadn't been raining and we had more time, I might have done one of the canal boat tours, but walking was fun too and free. We ended up eating really amazing pizza (personal pizzas) at Fratelli Pizza which was worth the 8-17E cost for pizza. Budget 20E for a pizza and drink and you'll be happy you did.
From Giethoorn we went to Zwolle, which was a nice little town with the church at it's center like most European communities. We wandered around for an hour and then went into the church of Our Lady and climbed the 236 stairs of the Pepperbox tower (50 meters!) to take a fabulous photo of the city. Coming down was the problem. Apparently no one checked to see if there were still visitors up the tower at closing, so they turned the lights off and locked the door! It was so dark we had to hold onto eachother's belts and use our phone lights to get down.
IxESN was better organized than ISOW, but they also were smart, the trip to Giethoorn and Zwolle was just that, a bus ride to one place and then to the other and home. No embellishments, no tour, just the bus, which makes things easier. If I'm traveling locally, especially a day trip, I normally pack a sandwhich for something for lunch and then just get a drink or snack, but on this trip I decided to eat with the girls I was traveling with after we walked around Giethoorn, which is this super adorable village full of canals. If it hadn't been raining and we had more time, I might have done one of the canal boat tours, but walking was fun too and free. We ended up eating really amazing pizza (personal pizzas) at Fratelli Pizza which was worth the 8-17E cost for pizza. Budget 20E for a pizza and drink and you'll be happy you did.
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From Giethoorn we went to Zwolle, which was a nice little town with the church at it's center like most European communities. We wandered around for an hour and then went into the church of Our Lady and climbed the 236 stairs of the Pepperbox tower (50 meters!) to take a fabulous photo of the city. Coming down was the problem. Apparently no one checked to see if there were still visitors up the tower at closing, so they turned the lights off and locked the door! It was so dark we had to hold onto eachother's belts and use our phone lights to get down.
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