For more information contact Michele at:mkoomen@gustavus.eduor 507.933.6057 |
Beyond Wooden Shoes and Tulips: |
Leave January 2, 2014Return: January 24, 2014 |
In this course, students will study the impact of water and water management in the Netherlands, including water as engineered through the country’s vast network of canals, dijks,
windmills, and polders in different locations through the Netherlands. Students will look at water in commerce – including the VOC or the Dutch East Indies Company;
the changing ecology due to water management; conservation efforts to restore wetland; human expression of water through the visual arts and winter recreational use of water.
This course will foster a shared Dutch experience with opportunities to prepare meals and engage in conversation throughout the course.
Students will have the opportunity to experience a home stay with a Dutch family.
Top Ten Reasons that the
10. English is the second official language in the Netherlands.
However, learning a little Dutch will be part of the course: begin now by rolling your “r’s” to say grrrrr.
9. Lekkers: the Dutch mastered the art of baking sweets, including the delicious gevulde cookie
8. Ice skating on the canals (weather permitting) or on an Ijsbaan (oval rink)
7. Cycling on some of the world’s best bicycle only designated paths
6. Building cross cultural awareness with a home stay
5. Heineken Brewery
4. Koffie tijd
3. Cook Dutch food together
2. Becoming a self reliant traveler
1. As the Dutch saying goes: If it ain’t Dutch, it ain’t much!
Water, Water: Everywhere there is water in the Netherlands! |
If you are looking to get a more close up view of a culture and country through a thematic study of water,
than this trip to the Netherlands may be just right for you.
Enjoy cycling?
Than the Netherlands 2014 maybe just the one for you.
We will tour West Friesland (34 miles) over one day on great Dutch bikes (weather permitting).
If feasible, we will cycle to the beaches of North Holland to the sand dunes and Schoorl (weather permitting).
These are the kinds of bikes we will rent for our bike trips
Brochure for January 2014 Course to Netherlands
Estimated cost of the trip: $4300-4600 as of 3.25.13