Last week I had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to drive around the Westpoort harbour of Amsterdam on a barge by sunset. I realised it could get really late that night and I had an important meeting the next day but I didn’t mind about the next day. All I wanted was to have this experience and see what it is like to pick up a load of soy beans from a ship from Manila. It was an adventure and I had the time of my life!
It was 02.30 in the morning when I finally went to bed. Cold because of the wind on the water but extremely happy because I did something out of the ordinary and unplanned. It reminded me of adventures organised by my dad who would wake me up in the middle of the night, age seven, to go see a ship that ran aground -due to a severe storm- at the Scheveningen shore and have fish and chips after to warm up again…
© Zesty Gal, Westpoort harbour, Amsterdam
© Zesty Gal, Westpoort harbour, Amsterdam
© Zesty Gal, Westpoort harbour, Amsterdam
© Zesty Gal, Westpoort harbour, Amsterdam
© Zesty Gal, Westpoort harbour, Amsterdam
© Zesty Gal, Westpoort harbour, Amsterdam