A personalized windmill tour

The second day my parents were visiting us, we explored Kampen quite a bit, including a trip to our local windmill (which you have now seen pictures of on my blog a few times).  Being a Saturday morning, we knew the windmill would be open to visitors for a few hours, and the experience we were given was certainly one of a kind.  My parents have never been in a windmill before and the miller was passionate to share every bit of it with them.  It also helps that my father is an amazing woodworker craftsman, so seeing the intricacies of the inside and outside of a windmill was particularly fascinating for him!

Starting the spontaneous tour.

The miller was very aware of my dad's keen interest, and they kept each others attention very well.

My dad asked a simple question about the sails on the mill, and the miller decided to climb up to show him how it all worked (and later admitted that he is not fond of heights!).

Maddie pulled the heavy sack of flour all the way up to our landing.

At this point in the tour, the miller asked Brant and Dad if they would like to climb up to the very top of the windmill (kids are not allowed, so Mom and I stayed behind).  In fact, the general public is not allowed, as the sign leading up the stairs clearly read "verboden."  As I said before, the miller was definitely passionate about windmills and excited about this audience!

Can't get much higher than this.

It offers a great view, that's for sure!

And one straight down.

Now this is a tour!

Pretty cool way to introduce my parents to the Netherlands!