katwijk aan zee(NLD)⇒Zeeburg、Amsterdam(NLD)


Today is Monday, June 18th.
I will go to Amsterdam from Katwijk campground.
The journey finally entered the last quarter section.
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I was very late to leave Katwijk's campground.
I worked to dry the tent, so I spent a lot of time.
I am going to Amsterdam through Leiden.
The man in front of the flag is very tall. The Dutch people are said to be the tallest in the world.
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I run a straight bike path.
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And this is the town of Leiden.
Everywhere in the Netherlands town, this way, there is no utility pole at all.
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This is the place where there was a house where Rembrandt was born.
The building that looks behind is a general collective housing, not a house where Rembrandt was born.

Rembrandt was born in 1606 as the eighth son of a rich powder mill that owns a windmill in Leiden.

Rembrandt's surname is Rhine.His family may have been called the Mr Rhine river.

Rembrandt entered Leiden University at the age of 14, but he disliked bored rhetoric and logical science and dropped out and progressed to the painter's path. 19 years old independent.

When Rembrandt was 26 years old, his reputation became immovable by "Professor Turp's Anatomy Lecture" depicting the anatomical practice of Dr. Tulip. That in 1632.
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It is called Rembrandt Brug.
It was built in commemoration as a replica, so the bridge never opens and closes.
but We can cross the bridge.
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A drawbridge and the windmill of Rembrandt's birthplace
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Scenery of a town beside a quiet canal.
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It is a canal in the town of Leiden.
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The drawbridge will rise, the ship will come.
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It is such a ship that came.
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The boat sailed towards the windmill.
Ever since I passed Leiden, whenever my bike encountered a way that I could not pass through, I diverted it over and over again.


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Now the bicycle is moving along another canal.
It is a canal connecting Leiden and Amsterdam.

The canal is across the top of the highway A4.
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Small vessels and ships will run through the canal one after another.
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When a big ship comes, the splash bridge will rise.
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As the bridge rises, the ship will move forward.
This is another bridge, but if it is a ship of this size, the bridge will not rise.
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The canal is full of ships.
Today is Monday, but there are many leisure ships.
This area is nearly as high as the sea level.
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Sons who manipulate the canoe and chase after the family's boat
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Here, a girl playing on a rubber floating wheel pulled by a boat.
The bicycle passes by the side of Schiphol Airport. This Schiphol airport is also below the sea level. Now I am about 3 meters above sea level.
The plane will fly away one after another.
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The bicycle passes through the center of Amsterdamse Bos Park.

In Japan, there is a water supply even in a rather small park.
However, neither France, Germany nor the Netherlands had water facilities in the park..
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I came in the town of Amsterdam. The capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam. But in fact it is The Hague. The Houses of Parliament and embassies of various countries are in The Hague.

This brown part is a bicycle exclusive lane.

A wide bicycle exclusive lane is also secured here. Running by bicycle is very convenient.
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The altitude around this is about 5 meters above sea level.
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On the back road along the canal, cars will not enter except in special cases. special case is when the handicapped person moves, when carrying a heavy baggage, and so on.
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The tram is running, the outside is the car lane, the bicycle lane, the pedestrian lane and so on.

In the old urban district, the road width is narrow and it is difficult to use the car, and buses are almost not operated, so the tram is one of the major means of transportation.
And bicycles are also an important means of movement.
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On May 10, 1940, the German armies invaded the Netherlands who declared neutrality. On the 14th day after the 4th day, the whole area was occupied and the pressure on the Jews became increasing in the country.

Some of wealthy Jews with cars ran away to towns close to the sea, such as Aimauden and Scheveningen to try to escape from the Netherlands.
However, there are few ships going to the UK, and most people have failed to leave the Netherlands. Frank's family did not try to escape.

When Jews-arrest starts to occur frequently. Anne 's family started a latent life with the third floor and the fourth floor of Otto' s workplace office as a retreat on July 6, 1942.

The hideout is the back of the factory building, the 3 rd floor and the 4 th floor part of the annex building. On the 3rd floor there is the bedroom and living room of the Frank family, a washroom, and there are rooms of the Peter, Mr and Mrs. Fandern on the fourth floor part.
In addition, dentist Dussel joined and this community finally became eight.

It was four employees of Otto (father of Anne) who worked as a cooperator. Johannes Kreiman, who took over the company's management, Viktor Kuffrel, who supported the company, Beck Foskil of the clerk, and Meepe Heath of the female employee. Yang (who will be her husband later) became a cooperator. (My husband Yang was acting as a resistance.)

Because not all employees are collaborators, employees who share secrets pays close attention.
The cooperating employee acted after the other workers return home or before going to work.
They went to the attic and conveyed the outside information etc. to 8 people.

During the wartime when things wished to run out, food was also a ration system, but Otto Frank arranged arrangements to obtain food and other places before entering the seclusion house, with cooperation such as a vegetable shop, a butcher and others who knew the circumstances , The above-mentioned four cooperators were acquiring the consumer's supplies at the hideout in those places.

About the hot and cold ... From the diary of 44-5-31
- From Saturday to Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, intense heat continue, literally I can not hold a fountain pen. -


The hideout residents were found a hiding place on the Nazi Guard (SS) on August 4, 1944, and all of the hideout residents were transferred to Nazi concentration camps.
Anne suffered from typhus and died in a concentration camp at the age of 15, around the beginning of March 1945.
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The horse-drawn carriage is running.
There are various means to look around Amsterdam, such as boat, bicycle and walk, but horse-drawn carriages are very unique.
In the center of the Amsterdam town, like this Damrak Road, it is full of one way streets and is limited to a maximum speed of 30 km on most roads.

Also, since the width of the lane is slightly wider than or equal to the width of the car,
There is no way but to run slowly. Furthermore, the parking lot gets higher as going to the center.

That's why in this city the bicycle is faster than the car and it does not cost money.
Because people who use bicycles and trams are overwhelmingly more convenient than cars, few people use cars. There are many one-way streets and traffic ban on the road of the car, the bicycle road is very substantial compared with it.
As in Japan, there is no such thing as bike path being occupied by illegal parking.
A ship on a canal
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Many, anyhow, a lot of boats go and go. The road in Amsterdam is narrow and crowded, but the canal is also crowded.
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The intersection of the canal is even more lively.
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Why is Magere Brug famous?
There are many people in Amsterdam. It is also international.
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Magere Brug is famous because it is the only wooden bridge in Amsterdam.

A lot of bike rides will pass.
I hear the sound Dokodoko.
The manner of bicycle is very good. Everyone is driving perfectly on the right side, and no bicycles running on the sidewalk. Also, pedestrians do not enter the bicycle path.
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This bridge is the Amsterdam Sebrug Bridge
The place I crossed this bridge is the campground.
Below this is the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal.
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I arrived at Zeberg campground. N 52.21.57 E 04.57.32
12 euros, shower is free use. I entrusted my passport.
When the sun is strong, I can not sleep well.

The sun is shining until 10:30 at night.

I chose a shade place in advance and put up a tent.

So, I set up a tent here. The sun moved, passed the bushes of trees, and The sun came out when I tried to enter a sleeping bag.

I hurriedly shift the tent, but it got cramped enough to seem to be too close to the next tent.

The weather today is sunny
Mileage 65 km.


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