For this week’s installment, I’m going back to a photo from only 10 years ago, which also reminds us of a different era.
Here’s that photo…
Captured from the docks of the picturesque town of Volendam, these boats go back to a time when fishing was more plentiful in the Zuiderzee and, after being close of by the Afsluitdijk, the IJsselmeer. Volendam and several other towns along this body of water have a rich and storied history, often interrupted by floods and bad storms.