After we left Belgium, we took the train to Amsterdam.
Rosalie Ann with her paraphernalia in RR station in Europe
Railroad station
Train approaching
hundreds of small gardens from the train
Windmill near Amsterdam
Mint Tower - 1950 - Amsterdam
Horse drawn carriage
My mother was particularly impressed by the number of bicycles and the cars with turn signals that flipped up so that you didn't have to stick your arm out the window like you still did in the USA. I was a little less impressed because I didn't know that it was that unusual.
We met with some Dutch Girl Guides. My mother arranged for us to meet girls our age who were Scouts/Guides all over Europe.
Girl Guides with my sister and me
Some years later, my sister's Girl Scout troup went to Europe. My father also met (not pre-arranged) his friend Ed Spear and family.
Speers family - June 23, 1950
Spear family
Ed Spear - 1950 Amsterdam
Horse and carriage
We took a day trip to Marken and Volendam. Marken was a fishing village,
Marken horse and rider
and we bought some wooden shoes there.
Wedding shoes
and at that time, the people in Volendam still wore their original Dutch clothing.
National Dress
My dad took movies of the children running around in their wooden shoes, and of the wooden shoes outside the doorways of the houses.
My sister and I in 1950
We also visited the cheese market at Alkmaar.
Weighing house -Kaasmuseum - Alkmaar
carrying the cheeses - Alkmaar
The cheese market was where the cheese was inspected and weighed. My dad took movies of the bouncing cheeses and the men who carried the heavy sledges of cheese to be weighed and inspected.
Rosalie Ann with her paraphernalia in RR station in Europe
Railroad station
Train approaching
hundreds of small gardens from the train
Windmill near Amsterdam
Mint Tower - 1950 - Amsterdam
Horse drawn carriage
My mother was particularly impressed by the number of bicycles and the cars with turn signals that flipped up so that you didn't have to stick your arm out the window like you still did in the USA. I was a little less impressed because I didn't know that it was that unusual.
We met with some Dutch Girl Guides. My mother arranged for us to meet girls our age who were Scouts/Guides all over Europe.
Girl Guides with my sister and me
Some years later, my sister's Girl Scout troup went to Europe. My father also met (not pre-arranged) his friend Ed Spear and family.
Speers family - June 23, 1950
Spear family
Ed Spear - 1950 Amsterdam
Horse and carriage
We took a day trip to Marken and Volendam. Marken was a fishing village,
Marken horse and rider
and we bought some wooden shoes there.
Wedding shoes
and at that time, the people in Volendam still wore their original Dutch clothing.
National Dress
My dad took movies of the children running around in their wooden shoes, and of the wooden shoes outside the doorways of the houses.
My sister and I in 1950
We also visited the cheese market at Alkmaar.
Weighing house -Kaasmuseum - Alkmaar
carrying the cheeses - Alkmaar
The cheese market was where the cheese was inspected and weighed. My dad took movies of the bouncing cheeses and the men who carried the heavy sledges of cheese to be weighed and inspected.
- Next entry in the series 'Go to Amsterdam First (1950, 1965, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2022)': 1965 - Traffic in Rotterdam - Parents boarding the Ship
