Friday, May 29, 2015 Groningen Ship Museum

Alycia, Joke, and I spent most of the day at the Scheepvaartmuseum of Groningen and shopping. It was a great collection of ship artifacts and information about the city of Groningen. At 5 PM we met friends from Nooderpoort and the city for drinks at the Stadtlander.

 The first section of the museum was devoted to the Canadian soldiers who liberated the city of Groningen. (Side note: I asked the boat captain of my canal tour on Saturday if there was a lot of damage when Amsterdam was liberated. She said no because a lot of rich Germans "owned" large parts of the city and they didn't want it destroyed--not sure if that is accurate or not.)

 The blue markings show the advance of the troops.

 Joke said that a lot of soldiers came back for the 50th anniversary of the liberation.

 Names of the fallen.

Another section of the museum was devoted to harvesting peat (used for heating).

 Alycia and Joke.

 Demonstration of how to make rope--it took a whole building.

 This section of the museum had all sorts of engines and pump. Three of which still worked and were demonstrated for us.

 I would like to find this anchor scuba diving!

 Joke thought it would be fun for us to have a McKrocket from McDonald's so we did (this place mat shows all the flavors of milkshakes).

 It was good.

 Didn't see how the yellow wall behind this wooden shoe replica bike interfered with the picture. But it was cute.

 This was a large chunk of cheese and an equally large slicer!

 We wrapped up our shopping day with a stopiewafel (two thin crispy waffles with a thin layer of honey in between).

 Karen, Joke, and Alycia. Not pictured, Bette.

 Judith, Jaap, Albert. Not pictured, Frank.