Baking Museum at Medemblik

When we arrived to Medemblik, the girls decided that they want to visit the baking museum.

As the girls entered the museum, they saw a baker handling cookies cutter to children. This baker is very friendly with young kids. The girls helped to cut the dough using cookies cutter. The girls were happily helping him.

As he was baking cakes and cookies for sale too, the girls had the opportunity to help him. They unwrapped the butter, weighing the sugar to pouring baking flour into big mixer and rolling cookies dough. It was fun. This baker barely speaks English. But he tried his best to speak one or two words to communicate with the girls.

The shop

The girls took out the wrappers of 10 blocks of butter

He weighed the flour with a scale

The baker handed 2 packets of flour to them

Pour the flour into this traditional 'giant' mixer

Mixing in progress

The cookie dough is ready

Traditional 'rolling pin' to flatten the dough 

Cut the dough with cookies cutter

Baking in progress

Yay! Cookies freshly out from oven. (these are not for sale)

Because it's a museum, there are plenty of machine and baking mould on display. The variety is amazing.

It's free for museum card holders. 4.5 Euro for children age 3-12 years old. The museum organize workshop too. This is the website (in dutch) for more info: http://deoudebakkerij.nl/

Steam Train from Hoorn to Medemblik

It was an interesting steam train ride from Hoorn to Medemblik. The scenery was calming and soothing. The beautiful landscapes across the countryside was rejuvenating. As we arrived in this small town of Medemblik, there are tour buses and golf cart to tour the town for free.

There are porters waving good bye to the passengers in the train when the train leaves the station.





Scenery from Hoorn to Medemblik

This is one of the flower field. We will board the train to enjoy the beautiful landscape of the flower field in spring next year.

This is the window where we pushed it down manually after pulling the leather strap. The leather strap has to be fastened on the wooden panel under the window.



The toilet is authentic. I didn't bring my camera to the toilet. It's a must experience :-)

The steam train stop at this station. Children has the opportunity to play some local games here.



This is the bicycle where children get to go on it. This represent one of the olden days activities at the railway station.



This is one of the storage room at the station.



Look at this beautiful steam train. It's so new. According to the captain in the train, they took care of this train with care.






Yes, the coals are burning hot!



Beautiful authentic salon-deck





On the way to Medemblik, there is opportunity to dress up. Costume for olden days child. On the way back to Hoorn, children have the opportunity to help the porter to load parcels from the train to bicycle. Children get to be the train conductor too.

It was a nice experience to be in the old steam train. It takes me back in time where travel is an adventure. Creaking wooden partition, steam hisses and engine whistles brought me back to my memory of my first train experience back in 1992.  Indeed it was a nice experience!