Vlieland Part 1 - getting there

Taking a vacation while on a vacation can be interesting. We just returned from packing up and heading north to the island of Vlieland, off the north coast of Holland.

With no car we walked, bussed, trained, ferried and biked to get there--all in one day.

Barbara and Mo took in scenery on the leg between Leiden and Alkmaar, taking in a lot of wind mills, old and modern, and countless tulip fields.


We took the ferry--about 90 minutes across the Wadden Sea--to Oost Flieland, the main town on the island, that is otherwise just sand, birds, rabbits and the like.


The variety of boats we saw on the crossing was awesome. Many seem from another time, but in fact most are still manufactured and used every day.


I think the Dutch relationship with boats is like the American relationship with cars. There's a lot of culture that's taken root around boats here. And there's an incredible variety of boats.



So finally at the end of the day we arrived at our rental on the main street in Oost Vlieland. The story of our exploration of the island will follow shortly.