Today we also had an early start for our first day in Rotterdam, but somehow we did not even tour around Rotterdam. We had an early breakfast that consisted of mostly ham and cheese and then we were on our way to the Zuiderzeemuseum. Here lies a whole village that commemorates the fishing village that was once there back in the early days of the Netherlands. Being right by the North Sea, fishing was being used for so many different purposes such as business and also a source of food.

The village consisted of some many different activities and houses that included much description about what each of the houses were in use for and what this village truly meant for the history of the Netherlands. As for the activities, this was most definitely the best part of the village since they even had a little pond where we could row boats and do a little obstacle course where Cole Milardo and I most obviously swept everyone in the race.

After a quick sweep of the competition we headed over to the village where we spent most of our time and we even found a house that was currently smoking fish and we were even able to buy some, which one of us did but the rest did not. Throughout the course of the day, there were massive amounts of gnats and other kinds of bugs that were attacking us all day long which I absolutely was not a fan of.

One important aspect that I did learn about was the Afsluitdijk, which is a dam that cuts off the Netherlands from the main body of water in which allows for the Netherlands to not sink whenever there are big storms or especially now that climate change has begun to become such a big problem, the rising of the water levels all around the world. The Dam system within the Netherlands is notorious for being quite effective and notable since it allows for the Netherlands to essentially not sink such as Venice is currently experiencing.