ESN Trip to Volendam
Tags:amsterdam erasmus student network esn study abroad the netherlands travel volendamIt was a nice Saturday, warm with fleeting glimpses of the sun. A friend and I were hurrying — unnecessarily quickly — from our dormitory to Centraal Station to meet up with a group of two dozen members of the Erasmus Student Network. A few hours of waiting and a bus ride later, the big group of us arrived in a town of 20,000 people. It’s called Volendam (full dam) because they built a big dam and filled it with clay. Everyone who was born there stayed there, more or less, and became fishermen.
We immediately started on a tour with a guy (a real Volendammer, born and raised) dressed in the traditional fishing outfit. The town was really cute and had a tiny city center.
I tried raw herring from a fish stand (very Dutch) for the first time. It was surprisingly good! And salty.
All in all it was a great day, perfect for recharging my batteries from nonstop thesis work.
Undressing from our costumes in Volendam:
Party bus of some sporty guys drove by:
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