{"id":12669,"date":"2022-08-27T15:15:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T20:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anniee.net\/?page_id=12669"},"modified":"2025-06-25T20:06:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T01:06:06","slug":"travelogue-zaanse-schans-giethoorn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.anniee.net\/?page_id=12669","title":{"rendered":"Travelogue: Zaanse Schans & Giethoorn"},"content":{"rendered":"

July 2022<\/strong>
\nWhere We Stayed: Kimpton DeWitt Amsterdam<\/em><\/p>\n

We took a day trip to Zaanse Schans and Geithoorn.\u00a0 Zaanse Schans is a curated village of sorts.\u00a0 The best anaology I can come up with is that it’s like Heritage Hill in Wisconsin… but is much better and Dutch themed (obviously).\u00a0 We visited a cheese shop and got a lesson on how cheese is made (bitches, please, we’re from Wisconsin).\u00a0 The Netherlands is known for their gouda, which they pronounced gowwww-da.<\/p>\n

We also got to see how wooden shoes are made.\u00a0 Fun fact:\u00a0 in the early 1900s, my maternal grandfather owned the largest wooden shoe factory in the United States.<\/p>\n

All of Zaanse Schans was adorable and we leaned *way* in to being tourists.<\/p>\n

Geithoorn is a car-free village known for its thatched roof houses and waterways that are only 1 meter deep.\u00a0 It RAINED AND RAINED during our time here, so I didn’t take many photos.\u00a0 The experience just wasn’t what it could have been becaues of the rain, and that was a little disappointing. But we took a boat cruise, had lunch, and visited the local supermarket, Plus (pronounced “ploooooose”), because I am my father’s daughter and I love seeing grocery stores and food selections in other countries.<\/p>\n

\"\"The hotel where we waited for our bus was decked out for Pride.
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\"\"<\/a>Cheese “factory”
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Let’s make some shoes!
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This bunny, Miffy, is a natural treasure.\u00a0 Kind of like Hello Kitty in Japan.
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\"\"<\/a>The tulips weren’t in season, but you could buy wooden tulips\u00a0everywhere<\/em>.
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\"\"<\/a>Our dreary boat ride in Giethoorn
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This water was only 1 meter deep. There were no safety briefings or precautions on our boat ride because as our guide said, “if we capsize, just stand up and you’ll be fine”
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\"\"<\/a>Struggling mightily with my Holland Tulips umbrella. #tourist
\n\"\"<\/a>Much better!
\n\"\"<\/a>Cool Americannnnn!
\n\"\"<\/a>They do not refrigerate eggs — they’re sold on the shelves like all the other dry goods.
\n\"\"<\/a>You can pick up a scanner and scan as you shop to save time at check-out.
\n\"\"<\/a>Adios, Zaanse Schans, you were so cute!<\/p>\n

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July 2022 Where We Stayed: Kimpton DeWitt Amsterdam We took a day trip to Zaanse Schans and Geithoorn.\u00a0 Zaanse Schans is a curated village of sorts.\u00a0 The best anaology I can come up with is that it’s like Heritage Hill…<\/p>\n

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