Day 270: Hoek van Holland

Today was a beautiful day, so I went to the beach. The closest beach to Rotterdam is at Hoek van Holland a small town on the Atlantic Ocean about 25km from Rotterdam. The town is at the end of the Nieuwe Waterweg, which is the main shipping route into the Port of Rotterdam. It's a good place to watch all the huge ocean cargo ships coming in. The beach side which faces out to the ocean is very nice. The sand is soft and fine. I imagine on a hot summer day it is a very nice plae to relax.