A tragic day that affected my family.
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- In this video I am taking you to Zeeland, one of the provinces in The Netherlands. The year that my father was born, 1953, there was a huge flood here, killing 1800 people, including people from my family. My dad explains what happened and after that, I am showing you how the Dutch have worked to make sure that this will never happen again.
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9:48 I don't think I've ever heard a cuter "Hi" from a kid ❤️
Thishan , absolutely agree , really made me smile😁
Dad is the prime example of a dad. Daughter has driven alone for a few years around the globe. Dad just a few miles from home: " you know how to get back?"
FrenchAfroman 😂💖💖💖 I was thinking the same!!!
Dads are just dads :)
LOL 😂
I think dads knows the way .. but I heard it to .so funny
I thought mum said it , but yes still caring about their world traveller..😃
That was really wonderful, Noraly. A bit of personal touch too. Great energy as always. Keep going and be safe.
The caissons were part of a massive project called Mulberry Harbours. Construction of massive floating concrete blocks for D Day landings were made possible by the hard work of many people. My Grandfather was one of them. He told me as a young boy stories of how a man could fall asleep standing up whilst digging with a shovel. How despite illness, lack of food and sleep they kept on working. I hope that the world we live in would appreciate more how blessed we are to have all that we do have. I love Holland and have visited many times. A wonderful country with so many kind people. Happy riding. Love from England.
This hit home. In August 1955 a flood wiped out my town.
Turns out dad & me are about the same age, so my daughter is close to Noraly's age. I worry about both of these young ladies, but remind myself that 'worry is interest paid on trouble before it becomes due'.
Nice to meet your Mum and Dad, and learn some history from Dad's encyclopedic knowledge. Love the way he checked if you know how to get back after you've been around the world alone so much !!!!
Great job with this “documentary style” episode Noraly! Your story line, content, editing and overall production is very well done. Lots of interesting history and facts, I’m sure it must have been a bit emotional for you to see the family gravestones related to that tragedy. Thank you for including footage of the homes & towns, it’s so refreshing to see how clean and pretty all the areas are in the Netherlands and the architecture is so beautiful! Congratulations on this excellent episode & keep them coming! 😎👍🏍
Extremely impressive engineering by the Dutch to protect the Homeland! Very informative info in this video. Danke Noraly.
One of the most relaxing channels with rich contents i always watch at least one of your videos every night before i go to sleep SO wishing you all the best and long life kind lady. (From other side of planet AFGHANISTAN)
We drove over them last year ,love the question from your dad about finding way home ,that's a father's love for his daughter .
I love the background music you used in this video blog. I know Celine Dion sang this in here concert, titled " A New Day" What an engineering marvel you Dutch people have done to your country. Amazing! Subscriber from the Philippines.
I just happened upon your videos. Now I am hooked. What you offer is much more than the obvious view of the world seen through the eyes of a motorcyclist. You show us courage in the face of anything that you encounter. And you do it with a smile. Thank you.
I was just a few days old when this great flood happened. Amazing engineering went into the locks and dam's. Your a chip off the block of very nice parents. Thanks for sharing. John
Even I seen evry single viseo of the two season of rideing, I am impress by the deutch engeniering. I am working in water managment in France and your work and your water culture is so impresive for us !
Thank's for sharing that whis us
I will forgive you because English is definitely not your native language (also not mine) but it is "Dutch". Deutsch is German.
@@ride4life_motorlifestyle I am very sorry and now that remember me a lesson at school about it
Nice to meet you parents, thank for showing us a little bead od the Netherlands, big hug 🤗 ❤
I live in the States and we are building protection using Dutch technologies to protect New Orleans after a devastating Hurricane lessons learned the hard way
Definitely one of the best videos you've ever done; history, culture and bit of engineering too! I guess the Coronavirus has a silver lining after all :-)
Hello! Recently subscribed, realised very quickly that this is one of the most friendly community out there. Also you are a delight to watch, haven't gotten my licens quite yet but it is on the "to-do" list.
Keep up the awesome work! C:
I'm learning so much European geography thru your channel. thankx
This was fascinating! Thank you for your beautiful videos and commentaries. I tremendously enjoy all of your videos. 🙏🌹
Your Dutch language is similar to our South African, Afrikaans language. Ek kan die taal verstaan, julle praat van Ouma en oupa. Baie dankie vir die verhaal in jou land
My thoughts as wep, I was like noo this is Afrikaans
Flaams is baie naderder aan Afrikaans, dan Nederlands, dan Duits. Eks ook van Suid Afrika.
Komt omdat jullie taal van de onze afstamd
I don't speak any dutch but ek kan die verstaan ^^
I understand and speak German, I am amazed how much of Dutch I understood as if I was a Dutch .
My great great grandparents were Dutch…I always wanted to go to Holland and see if there were any Zeeryp’s still living and tour. Thank you for showing me some of Holland😀
Wat leuk deze serie over mijn eigen landje en nog leerzaam ook. Zelfs als het bekend terrein is houd jouw energie me nog aan het scherm. Thanks Noraly, ga zo door. Mocht je een rondje Veluwe gaan rijden, dan haak ik graag aan.
First of all, Greetings to you respected parents...
Then, as a civil engineer I like this episode as well. It opened up ideas to me in challenging work of water level control.
Our Louisiana southern coast so needs to study how the Netherlands have protected their country. Thank you for showing this. Texas
These videos have made me want to visit the Netherlands. Thanks for sharing Noraly.
A little to late for you to include, but one thing that amazed me, and might amaze your followers, is how you have boats and canals quite a bit higher than roads for cars. If you showed your audience while driving - boats sailing by higher than the roads, many of them would be thrilled. 😊
Your a wonderful woman Noraly, may Jehovah guide and protect you. A big hug from Indianapolis, Indiana USA.
Very interesting thank's Noraly, I have always intended to visit The Netherlands and you keep adding to my list of things to see :-) I think your tourist industry should sponsor your videos they are so professional . All the best
She is a one-woman dutch tourist board !
Its true..
Surely royal Enfield should make her a brand ambassador..
I was thinking the same :)
get yourself over there, as soon as you can, it is a wonderful country filled with lovely, friendly, people with great food (personally I love the frikandellen - feeling hungry now!)
I remember my mum and dad telling me about Holland as it was called then now the Nederlands flooding in 1953. But they didn't say to what extent. So thank you for filling me in on the details. I really hope it never happens again to the Nederland again or UK where 31st Jan 1953 the same sea Flooded The east side off uk. 300 and odd people lost there lives. no where near the lost to the Nederland. I just hope with global warming and I know the seas are rising, That the barriers will keep the seas out.
What a lovely video, great that you included your mum and dad. Love your vlogs all with excellent videography, editing and music. Happy travels and stay safe.
Thank you for sharing! Such a tragedy, and what impressive infrastructure as a result.
It's good to see that some of those spare Caissons became useful! There are a lot of them still to be seen at some of the Normandy Landing beaches like Arromanches and Lion Sur Mer.
Gli Olandesi con Noi🇮🇹per esser la Squadra più forte e bella da Leggenda per tanto,tanto Tempo!❤🖤🏆⚽️. Il MILAN.Grazie!Ciao Noraly😍
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Noraly, your videos are great, I love them. It would be nice if you mention the the date and year of these footages because when we watch them mainly the old tapes no idea when it was filmed.
Another interesting video, thanks I am from New Zealand but watching from Australia, I have never seen your part of the world where my home country and part of the world is named after.. :-)
You know you're history 😊
Amazing video! Next time my wife and I are "across the pond" we really need to spend more time in the Netherands. Trualy appreciate you sharing!
Very interesting. Netherlands must have had the same storm as UK in 1953. Canvy Island off the coast of Essex got flooded with loss of life that year.
Thank you for recording your vlogs in English. Which I must say you speak very well.
THAT WAS REALLY COOL,,,VERY WELL SPOKEN AND YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY...
Thx you x charing your family history and your country as well
My Uncle lived on the Dutch German Border, I Love the Netherlands,
Nobody Better than the Dutch for Engimeering and making/keeping the water where they want it to go! BRILLIANT!
Where was born in Nottingham, a big area used to flood every year, eventually they got the Dutch in to sort it out, with embankments, precautions and they made a Fantastic Job, assisted by the Irish to build it! GOD BLESS EM!
You learned from a tragic disaster and fortified against a possible future occurrence. Lessons for us all
In 1995, our family were on holidays in the Netherlands near Veluwe Meer. It appears, that a heavy rain shower sets the middle of the camping place under water. We sit inside our Caravan, when a group of older dutch citizens called us to come out with brushes and sweaper and advised us to clean the green area ;-)
Later on they declared her panic reaction: „We are afraid from the time of the ‚Grote Watersnoot’ in the Fifties! And when water reached our feet, we become fear from the water!“
Thank you for sharing Noraly!
Girl you are braver than I am with your Journeys in other countries, but it's amazing, I enjoyed learning about your country with all the locks control of the tide, isn't it amazing with human brain power what humans can come up with, why can't we all work together as one loving world. You be safe I hope this virus will soon cease so we all can travel, I'll be traveling in the United States, I just don't have the experience or the braveness to venture out of the United States, but you go girl.
Great tour! Thank you. Very nice to see you. Keep these coming. I am just as interested in there as I am in any place else you go. Glad to meet your parents.
The sound track you used on episode is mindblowing👌👌
It’s a bit late but 1953 was a good year for your dad and the rest of us. Impressive stuff. I see why you studies geology. Thanks for the video.
Excellent informative lesson - we have similar but much smaller protection for the Fenlands in Eastern England, many built by Dutch Engineers starting hundreds of years ago.
Many lives were also lost that night in 53 in Norfolk.
Dankie vir die leersame video, ek hou baie van Holland,
Groete uit rsa
Beautiful country. And you seem to be very close to your dad 👍
Being a Civil Engineer ,your explanation to control future flood and installation of hydraulic structures appealing.Peshawar-Pakistan
Why am I not surprised your Dad is a Big, healthy looking guy?! You come from very good stock!
Very interesting film. I know this area a little - I sailed on the Veerse Meer out of Kamperland for a few years.
Keep filming it is great. I need to visit again and have another meal at "De Griek" in Kamperland
Thank you for sharing what is personal.
I remember a tv show in my country ( Australia ) which mentioned about Maeslant barrier, and the design etc, believe.this was back in the early 1990's.
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and keep smiling
Obrigado!
3 years later, in Madagascar, i’m still following you as thousands...
You seem so tired in your 2024 trip.
Take care.
This day is covered in schools in West Michigan. Holland, Zeeland, Grand Rapids...
Your country is just amazing!!!
I love the history..not the bad one but still good to know about it..and also how the government cut the flood..
Verysafe your country hopefully my country philippines also have the strong barrier to prevent the storm surge
One of best fan from kerala 🤘🤘
Congratulations Dad....
Wonderful. A joy to watch.
Fantastic Video - My father was involved in rescuing people from the floods and received a medal from Queen Beatrix for his work. I also noticed your surname is the same as my fathers best friend Leo who came to Australia after the great flood - just wondering if you are related?
In my local paper there is a story of a restaurant in Renesse, Netherlands that has robots as servers. An opportunity for a video? The name of the place is Royal Palace.
When you are home, you should do an update on this.
You’re awesome Noraly! Keep it up!
Very interesting, for me even more than south american videos, may be because I'm a south american, kind regards from Chile
Ek en my moeder kyk elke aand jou video van die dag. ek wonder of die familienaam Van Niekerk van jou oupa se eiland kom.
Oh yes, I of course liked this video ;-) This is super interesting and informative. Learned a lot. Thank you Noraly
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Daughter is always near to the father's heart. Thanks for showing your parents.!! Your country is as beautiful as you are..!!
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Indeed
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It looks funny to see Noraly's fingernails painted red.
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Mr & Mrs Schoenmaker. 🙂
So cute: "Do you know how to get back?"
She that has been all over the world.
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That's what dads do :)
That`s one of many questions that parents ask, no matter how old you are. :)
If I were her dad I think I would be in a constant state of anxiety.. Imagine how they must have felt when she was stuck in Peru!
Right? That made me smile. Even if she didn't remember the exact route...GPS. :D
Don't know any of these people and do enjoy their interaction, but when dad asked her I felt a full sense of relief, as a dad and grand dad, seems emotionally silly doesn't it?
As I've said before, you're such a good teacher. [And that from a teacher with 30 years under his belt]. Your explanations are so clear and informative, and the drone footage made your "lesson" easy to follow, on top of being just beautiful. As others have said, you've become quite the professional videographer, all the more impressive as yours don't have that slick, "canned" feel to them. It's just you being Noraly/Itchy Boots that we've come to know and love. Professional and personal in perfect balance. You're a treasure.
Your Dad and I were born in the same year. He should be proud of the daughter he has raised and how she is educating the world...
Me too...all us old guys..lol
Totally agree 👍
Me too
Enjoyed very much hearing this part of Dutch history. I was nine years old so I was not aware of this at all as I didn’t read the news in the United States. On a personal note, my parents and I toured Europe in 1963. My father’s parents immigrated to the United States from Germany and he was raised speaking Platt Deutsch (Spelling?), The northern German dialect. While in the Netherlands he heard people speaking in the booth behind us in a restaurant and was absolutely amazed that he could understand most of what they were saying. When he got up to ask them what language they were speaking, they laughed and said Dutch as we were in the Netherlands! If he spoke slowly and so did the people who spoke Dutch, he had no trouble getting us through the Netherlands. I am now 76 years young since my recent birthday and no words can describe the joy I get from following your travels.
Milt Carlton what a wonderful story, I found Noraly about three months ago, she is a national treasure of the Netherlands, in my view. A beautiful place I’ve never seen and would love too.. - rgds Australia 🇦🇺
Milt Carlton
I, too, was 9 back when this happened. I was in an isolation hospital with a nasty dose of scarlet fever. They had the BBC Light Programme going all day long and we heard all about the flooding in East Anglia. They may have mentioned the Netherlands, but at age 9 I might have thought that was a place name in EA.
Which is..( plat duits )
I'm English and fluent in German, written and spoken, and can also understand the Bavarian and Austrian accent. I concur, if you can speak both languages, you can also understand a bit of Dutch, sometimes as much as 40-50%.
Platt Deutsch is very very similar to the dialect spoken in the Dutch province of Groningen. It's also know as Ost Friesisch (eastern Frisian) and Gronings dialect. These are dialects in the Neder Saksisch language, spoken in the north eastern provInces of the Netherlands and north western region of Germany. In the Netherlands we also have West Fries dialect (spoken in a small part of the province of North Holland, at the north west coast of the Netherlands. And then there is the Frisian language (not a dialect but an official language) spoken in the Province of Friesland (or Fryslân in the Frisian language), a province in the north as well, between the provinces of North Holland and Groningen. The Frisian language (Frysk) is taught in schools in the province as well, and in most small towns and villages it is spoken on a daily basis. That goes for the all the dialects (also the Zeeuws dialect, from the province of Zeeland where Noraly's dad and his family originate from): in the bigger cities it is not as common to speak the dialects any more, but in small towns and villages it is still in use. Don't worry however, we all speak Dutch too and most of can reasonably manage in English and German as well. 😉
This must be an incredible Father to raise such an independent, adventurous, and brave Daughter. My hat is off to him.
What about her mom ?
And to her mother.
He probably put her on a motorbike before she able to walk!
Maybe pants are off to him
I'm so glad you are still doing local content while at home, you are not just riding around, you give history and facts that many motovloggers lack while driving around! Love the documentary style your videos are evolving into, so much growth and entertainment! Keep up the great work!! ♥️ it!
Dad to Noraly - "do you know how to drive back? "
That's love for daughter. Even though she has explored world on bike all alone.
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Maybe he figures that’s why she’s been gone so long. Christ, her sense of direction is so bad she drove all the way around the world to get back home and in the end she had to put her bike on a plane.
Fantastic drone footage, history and great engineering explained as well as family insights, perfect. Cheers from Hamburg, Jürgen
Liked before I watched, you know it will be good!!. Your Dad loves you so much, He held your hand, as a proud Dad does as you said good bye!! Thanks to all for the history lesson. You are doing GREAT!!.
Mum filming Noraly at the beginning + Mum/Dad: "You know how to ride back?". 😉 This reminds me of my parents. They are the same everywhere! 😎
Thank you Noraly to shows us your country we learn something now we have little history about Netherlands thanks so much we wish you the best after this covid 19 to travel again God bless you Noraly💖
Yeah, you know how to ride back to someone who rode almost across the whole globe lol
That was typical of parents, mine do the same thing 🤣
Very interesting to see the place that gave my country its name, greetings from New Zealand!
Crazy to think it's literally on the other side of the globe
I recommend seeing Zeeland, it is so so different from Aotearoa , natural beauty it doesn't have, but the people will amaze you. Think several thousand Noraly's.... Just sweet and friendly, and like New Zealanders not a care in the world!
The Netherlands has always been a country I have loved and admired, it's really nice to get this insight into the history and the workings of the country very good videos and very informative.
In the category "Best Travel Documentary" the OSCAR goes to...........Noraly aka itchy Boots!
I will second that!
Hi Noraly - Thank you for this very interesting video. At 9:04, I got a kick out of your dad’s typical dad comment of could you ‘find your way back’. You traveled all over the ‘ztans’ and India, the Mid East and parts of South America - alone - and he was concerned if you could find your way. ;-) As a dad who has made similar comments to my sons, I loved it. Thank you and ride safe.
I laughed when he said it.
Once a Dad, always a Dad worrying about their children. A world wide concern
Lol
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Listen: I had lots of schooling. I never learned and appreciated so much about the Netherlands and your struggles with water. Never in my life. And I learned about it through your wonderful family. A father and mother that I know are proud of you.
You see, people best experience and appreciate history and geography and culture through the lens of people. People like you.
Your problem is this: There’s more precious work needed connecting people in this troubled world then you have tires to travel.
I love your videos. I thank you for your work. You have a gift. Your work is just that: hard work! But anyone can see that you’ve got a gift in this most needed profession.
This ain’t National Geographic. This is Itchy Boots!
Stay safe and stay excellent.
Beautifully expressed.
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BRAVO Julian!! what a beautiful and wholesome comment!!!
How wonderfully stated!!! Hear here!!!
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I enjoy your happy intros into your videos: "Good morning Internet." Good morning Noraly. :-)
Although I'm missing the travels through South America on your way to Alaska , it's so interesting to visit your country with you. I'm completely amazed at the engineering that they came up with to save this part of your beautiful country. Being from the States along the Mississippi River I believe we could learn a thing or three from the Dutch. Flooding here is an every year occurrence. Thanks for the tour
It's time to start a family we dads although bikers for life we need grand kids to play with installah you find a nice life partner
@John That's probably a result of climate change. Man-made or natural, not going to discuss that here. In NL we also face some big European rivers, our country basically is one big delta. Over the passed few years we have been giving land along those rivers back to the water, so during flood season we have reservoirs and during dry season we have beautiful nature to enjoy and allow the flora/fauna to thrive.
Fascinating, but tragic! Thanks so much for showing us this incredible engineering, your beautiful country and your lovely parents! Hopefully we'll hear some stories from your shy mom during you're time at home.
I thouht that was so funny when Dad asked if you knew your way back!!
I was just thinking that! lol
😂😂 Typical Dutch dad!
Dad “do you know your way back?”
You have a beautiful family and country. Sorry for the tragedy. Thank you for sharing!
Your "Let's go" always give me a reason to smile...luv it😍
Being from South Africa and able to speak Afrikaans i can actually follow Dutch. Stay safe Dude
Me too.....
It works the other way around too. Though easier if you read it (out loud)
It works the other way around as well. ;)
From southern CA, USA...I actually understood the family titles (grandmother, grandfather, uncle, aunt) as they are sometimes (rarely, not often) used in the USA.
I understood a lot. I took Afrikaans as my second language at school
Fascinating, think you’ve found your next project a detailed travel/history of the country’s you visit 👍😎