>> RYAN: You know I love the hustle and bustle of Amsterdam,
but I'm excited to check out this quaint little fishing village
now here's an interesting fact about Holland almost half of the country is under the level of water
so the houses in the old days were built on stilts and the ones behind me here are no longer on stilts
but you can see the doors are on the second level because they had to be raised above the level of water
I've got to say, these little fishing villages are really really cozy
it is lunch time and when you're in a fishing village, you gotta eat fish
check it out this is some herring which is herring and you gotta eat it like this
mmm tastes so good this is how the locals do it
we are now in Zaanse Schans its a hard name to say but what really matters is they have a clog factory
where they show how to make clogs this is the home of the windmills and they have a cheese factory
this is my favorite part of the tour we get to try out the cheese I love cheese
check this out I bet you didn't think that there was a museum dedicated only to clogs
well there is and this place is awesome I've learned how they actually make clogs
check it out it does not get any more dutch than wooden clogs with a windmill on the clog
two in one, baby!
behind me, you see some of the giant windmills and obviously they are some of the national symbols
of Holland but there's a lot more to it than just that you see,
the windmills are responsible for pumping out all the water and creating a lot of the land
where the dutch now live so they owe a lot to these beautiful windmills