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Category: Amsterdam

Without atmosphere a painting is nothing

For twenty years the Netherlands’ greatest artist Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn lived and worked in a house in the heart of Amsterdam, now The Rembrandt House Museum. The house has been meticulously refurbished with furniture, art, and objects from that time–mostly reproductions. This was the perfect size museum…

The Love Affair with Cycling in Belgium and the Netherlands

As the temperature rose in Krakow, before we left for our trip to western Europe April 27, so did the number of bicyclists weaving in and out among pedestrians.  My thoughts:  I would not make it out of Krakow without getting hit by a bicyclist. But the number of bicyclists…