The Iconic Erasmusbrug (Bridge) marks the skyline of Rotterdam on a recent visit. StringGirl visits this city in the Netherlands perhaps once a year while tagging along for work. This latest stream of pictures taken while traipsing about the city in search of
Geocaches.
The sculpture along one of the city's many wharfs was one of the sites that the geocaching excursion brought us to. The sculpture marks the location of the Dutch Resistance Museum. It represents a Heinkel H111, German fighter plane.
In the dark we had to feel around for quite some time before happening upon the hiding spot.
The Cache once found was ingeniously hidden (I would have labeled this a "nano" cache personally). You can see in the above photo that StringGirl dwarfs the log roll which requires tweezers or some other cache extractor to manage.
Another nano cache was located nearer the Erasmusbrug. This tiny magnetic cache was adhered to the bottom of a common tourist spot. Again, I now wonder for how many years I have probably been within inches of other caches when I was in the Muggle world.
A larger, but still micro scale cache was located further along the walk. At least this log was readable without a jewelers loop.
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Another Iconic building in Rotterdam are the "
Kubus" houses. Architect Piet Bloom envisioned these houses as a kind of Urban Forest. Built in the late 1970's these serve as dwellings, offices, retail, and even a museum. The interior of the houses offer uniquely styled living spaces.
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Finally, it was time for dinner in one of the Netherlands ubiquitous
Sate' bars. The best Indonesian food can be found in the Netherlands (often the only source of Indonesian food, outside of Indonesia). Here StringGirl satisfied her cravings with Soto Ayam, Sate Babi Kecang, and Daging Rendang.
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