23 Jun 2025
While initially there were a couple of cancellations because of Viator, but we directly booked through Cherry and had Mr Mukti who was our driver cum guide. While this day is long, it's neatly divided into Zaanse Schons (first half with clog and cheese factory visits followed by amazing traditional wind mill and rural views) and lunch and boat ride and free time at Giethoorn. The restaurant (Hollands Venetie) where we stopped for lunch had amazing food. The boat ride through the village was my most memorable activity in Netherlands...it's just beautiful. Now to Mr Mukti- a soft spoken gentleman who is a fountain of knowledge and gave us so much information through the day all while driving -about Netherlands, it's history and how the water levels are managed, etc..He displayed amazing passion and energy