gUnZ reFleCtiOnS: 02/01/2008

Weesp & Muiden Day Trip (16 Feb, Sat) (Part 2)

>> Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Continuing the tour of Weesp old town center...

We were walking towards Fort Ossenmarkt. I shall give a brief description of these fortifications.

Stelling van Amsterdam (Defense Line of Amsterdam) is a 135 km long ring of fortifications around Amsterdam, consisting of 42 forts located between 10 to 15 kilometers the centre, and lowlands that can easily be flooded in time of war. The flooding was designed to give a depth of about 30 cm, insufficient for boats to traverse. Any buildings within 1 km of the line had to be made of wood, so that they could be burnt and the obstruction removed. The Stelling van Amsterdam was constructed between 1880 and 1920. The invention of the aeroplane and tank made the forts obsolete almost as soon as they were finished. Extracted from Wikipedia.

Cannon

Fort Ossenmarkt

On a small bridge

Description of Fort Ossenmarkt in Dutch

Visitors were not allowed inside the fort and we decided to go back to the old town center. Anthony spotted vast greenery beside the fort and led us there.

Sun

Vast landscape

The view was quite nice

Ruins of some old buildings

Shadows

Artistic shot by Janan

3 of us

and 3 of us

Small tulip bulbs in their young days

Bridge

Back alley shot by Janan

Crossing a canal

Ge Yao on top of a rope hammock

Walking along Nieuwestad

Another church

More tickets booked

Will be going to Paris for a 4 day tour from 9 to 12 May. Taking Eurolines coach which costs 33.85 euros only. Quarter 4 will involve lots of traveling for us which is great as we are suffering now with the numerous modules we are taking currently.

I really hate Flight Dynamics. It is a torture to read through the 600 page of notes with formulas on every page. A sadistic module indeed.

Weesp & Muiden Day Trip (16 Feb, Sat) (Part 1)

I spent some time researching on nice places to go in Netherlands and came across Muiden Castle. It looked quite nice and enjoyable place to go so i decided to plan a day trip there.

We took train from Delft to Weesp and had to change train at Leiden Centraal. The train ride took about 1 hour 15 minutes.

4 of them

4 of us

Outside Weesp station

As the Muiden castle opens at 12 noon, we decided to explore the small town of Weesp first.

Walking along the roads

Walking alongside roads in construction

Bursts of sunlight

Lalang along the tranquil river

Bursts of seagulls and sunlight

The old church of Weesp

Group photo by the Vecht river

and myself

Artistic shot by Anthony

Group photo by Anthony

Line of houses

Janan and I

Seagulls and trees

Bridge

View from the bridge

Delft Day 20 (13 Feb 08, Wed)

>> Friday, February 15, 2008

Woke up and thought it was raining or still dark. It was actually thick fog that had suddenly enveloped Delft. Tuesday was rather warm and sunny but Wednesday was foggy and freezing.