Balk is a small town in Frisia. Frisia one of the three Nothern provinces of the Netherlands.
We stayed a weekend in Balk. On Saturday we made a bicycle trip of about 50 kilomters through Gaasterland. it started with rain but later the sky cleared. On Sunday strongs winds made bicycling very unattractive so we visited the beautifull small town Sloten and the largest steam pumping station in the world which is still in use; The Wouda pumping station in Tacozijl near Lemmer. http://www.woudagemaal.nl/
