Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Sinterklaas 2011,
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Hoek van Holland
CORNER OF HOLLAND
Hook of Holland has a lot to offer: the event is not only No. 1 resort in the country, but also offers an attractive offer in bad weather. Fan than going out on the beach or visit one of the many attractive museums.
Hoek van Holland, Rotterdam, the resort offers a wide range of events. You can, of course, lazing in the sand, bathing in the sea or sports on the water. Then one can enjoy a snack and a drink in one of the many beach pavilions and restaurants. Hook of Holland has it all!
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Windmills in Kiev, Ukraine
Historical Windmills (Wikipedia.org)
The first practical windmills had sails that rotated in a horizontal plane, around a vertical axis.[8] They were invented in eastern Persia (what is now Afghanistan), as recorded by the Persian geographer Estakhri in the 9th century.[9][10] The authenticity of an earlier anecdote of a windmill involving the second caliph Umar (AD 634–644) is questioned on the grounds that it appears in a 10th-century document.[11] Made of six to twelve sails covered in reed matting or cloth material, these windmills were used to grind grain or draw up water, and were quite different from the later European vertical windmills. Windmills were in widespread use across the Middle East and Central Asia, and later spread to China and India from there.[12]
A similar type of horizontal windmill with rectangular blades, used for irrigation, can also be found in 13th-century China (during the Jurchen Jin Dynasty in the north), introduced by the travels of Yelü Chucai to Turkestan in 1219.[13]
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
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