Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Wooden Shoes
After admiring all the windmills of Zaanse Schans, we headed to the village’s wooden shoe workshop. We knew we’d found it by the large wooden shoe sitting outside. As tourists, we had to climb in and on it for a photo op.
The entrance to the workshop held several display cases with antique wooden shoes.
Of course, the kids were more intrigued by actually wearing a pair of wooden shoes.
We even saw a demonstration of how the shoes are made using this equipment -- that’s the new pair sitting in the foreground. The two blocks of wood to the left became the next pair of shoes.
The shoe-cutter explained a bit about the shoes, including that they’re fairly warm.
MacKenzie thought there were lots of beautifully-decorated ones for sale -- in just about every size!Labels: Benjamin, MacKenzie, Nana and Papa, Netherlands, Travel, Zachary
