The Flower District (Bloemenmarkt) October 10, 2012 Yesterday it was the woman market, today it was the flower market. Flowers are preferable and much more beautiful. The sleaze factor is much less. And unlike the women market the flower market … Continue reading
The Canal Tour October 10, 2012 Amsterdam is canal city par excellence! It is much better than even Venice and St. Petersburg. Yet I never knew this. Venice, no doubt, is a beautiful city, but it is a tourist trap … Continue reading
Oct 10, 2012 The Rijk Museum This museum is under renovations, so most of its collection is not available. What they did show was from the 1600s, the so-called Dutch Golden Age. This covers the time of the Dutch East … Continue reading
No man should see a woman who is not his wife or girl friend naked. Today I walked through the red light district of Amsterdam and saw just that. I’d seen the Soho area of London and the Bourbon Street … Continue reading
I never realized how short a life Van Gogh had. He was born in 1853. That’s the same year as me minus a century, and he abruptly passed away from gunshot wounds in 1890. I was still a kid then. … Continue reading
Impressionism at the Hermitage, Amsterdam October 10, 2012 The Impressionist’s exhibition in the Hermitage Amsterdam was actually a special showing from the St. Petersburg’s Hermitage collection. Many of the paintings had Russian titles attached to the frame that I could … Continue reading
October 9, 2012 My hotel is in a first class area of town near the museums. Everything is fine except I am cold! It’s hardly frozen in the winter sense, but still I am just not suited for even a … Continue reading