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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4614666, member: 2844&quot;]That was probably Giethoorn, where just about every house is built on its own little island.</p><p>It is beautiful, thatched roofs, colourful flower gardens, and steep wooden bridges from island to island, high enough for small boats to pass under. Nowadays there are probably more Chinese tourists than Giethoorners, but that hasn&#039;t changed the people, who are still as independent as ever, except they&#039;ve learned to speak some Chinese.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly Giethoorn also has a history of religion and isolation.</p><p>It was founded by religious refugees from southern Europe (Flagellants), who made a home for themselves in moorland that was so remote and isolated that their persecutors couldn&#039;t find them.</p><p>After them came several other religious groups who had to hide to suvive, the last being Jewish refugees who were given a home in the community. Anyone approaching Giethoorn could be spotted miles away, and every the time the Germans entered the village, the Jewish peoples had already been taken by boats to other islands.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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