Day trip to Volendam and Hoorn

Our club - En Passant

Make sure that next time you visit Holland, you won't miss two beautiful cities in the North of the country: Volendam and Hoorn! I had the chance to see them both yesterday, in a day trip with the members of my new Dutch chess club: En Passant. Our sponsor, Jan Hopman, gave us the opportunity to know each other better and to have a wonderful boat trip from Volendam to Hoorn. I knew that Holland is a very beautiful country, but not that beautiful! See for yourself...

Volendam: on our way to the meeting point

Our beautiful, historical boat, VD 10, built in 1936!

Getting ready for the ride: apple pie!

Sailing is not an easy task.
Especially if you have to use the wind power
to reach your destination!

Volendam's harbour

Hoorn's harbour

Some of our team members

Traffic jam!

Hoorn is an old city, with a long history behind.
What amazed me most here, were the old
buildings which were literally leaning forward!
I tried to capture this in the picture, see the door
on the right side, but the general impression is
by far stronger if you are there!

And back to Volendam

I will surely come back here one day...I was so impressed
by their traditional small houses!

Barbeque time!

The end of a very successful day!

Now it's time for some chess...