three days in amsterdam, part IV: windmills

I had visions of riding bicycles through the countryside, over dikes and past windmills, but since it was too cold to stand still outside, let alone be on a bicycle, we changed that plan from "bike tour" to "bus tour" pretty quick -- specifically, Tours & Tickets' Countryside and Windmills tour. The cheese factory tour in Volendam and the wooden clog-making introduction in Marken were surprisingly entertaining in spite of being just as cheesy as you'd expect, but the windmills of Zaanse Schans at sunset were legitimately gorgeous.