Holland is the more popular name that refers to The Netherlands but actually it is only one of its provinces. I chose these photos as an introduction because this is what the world sees as typical Holland — and that is so true. Once you are outside of the major cities, this is what you would see everyday — hectares and hectares of flat lands with cows and sheep grazing. Oh yes, maybe I have missed the cows but in the future I will include a photo with cows in the background.

The windmills have also been here for maybe hundreds of years as they provide an economical means of power and help control the flow of water in the fields.

Cheese and milk. This is what Dutch people can’t live without. Their typical lunch (and sometimes breakfast) will always include a cheese (kaas) sandwich with sometimes ham (boterham) and on the side they will have milk or even sometimes buttermilk (karnemilk) which is the sour kind. I don’t know why but they just love it. They also like to put cheese toppings on almost every meal.