tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48124432714880433212024-03-05T01:07:19.190-08:00You're Never Lost If You Don't Care Where You AreNicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437739186183326201noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812443271488043321.post-15244990078703112042020-11-04T02:30:00.002-08:002020-11-04T02:41:55.368-08:00What a Long Strange Trip It's Been<p> Thank you all for sharing the Trip that Was series with me. I didn't travel a lot before I got married, 15 years ago this year. In those 15 years, I've seen so much, and the big world became smaller in all the important ways. I've come to realize religion doesn't matter so much, culture can be glorious in its differences, and the people are not their governments. I saw that being friendly to a stranger who doesn't speak your language makes all the difference. We all want kindness, acceptance, and love. We want to share our stories and be accepted. People are people, and we all treasure the same thing: love, home, family. </p><p> In the last two months, I've shown you glimpses of 18 world cities, and a large portion of the 102 towns in the Netherlands my Dutch boy and I have visited together. You've met some of our friends, and family and shared in so many memories. I hope you enjoyed the journey.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycL3pcrgrOxURRqF4wnIU4wciC-JwOqCZYRFYFTseyTMpBwQWC8iIO_sAa3oX5PezXSAxJ0QTLKWwyIKX7tBcuIuUfDycLs_S-ZKNpITa8ixufypfM5xugciZmwchVmLNYj0bp22yTVGr/s2048/IMG_6172.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycL3pcrgrOxURRqF4wnIU4wciC-JwOqCZYRFYFTseyTMpBwQWC8iIO_sAa3oX5PezXSAxJ0QTLKWwyIKX7tBcuIuUfDycLs_S-ZKNpITa8ixufypfM5xugciZmwchVmLNYj0bp22yTVGr/w640-h426/IMG_6172.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437739186183326201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812443271488043321.post-55326995450705815852020-11-03T02:00:00.017-08:002020-11-03T02:49:27.855-08:00The Trip that was: November 3, 2009<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's very appropriate that we take this trip together today, as it's time to tie up this series of posts. This trip was one of our "last day" trips with Pa into the Dutch countryside. Pa, Dutchboy, and I would pile into the car and drive over the old roads Pa drove as part of his route as service mechanic for ANWB, and he would tell us stories of things that happened, things he had seen, funny people he had met. He shared history he knew of the towns we passed or walked through, and we always had coffee and apple tart somewhere. He's not able to take those trips with us now, but I cherish the the days we spent doing this together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On this trip, we went into the municipality of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterland" target="_blank">Waterland</a> in the province of North Holland. A collection of lovely old towns grouped around the Markermeer, this area is definitely worth a wander.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We started at <a href="https://www.experiencewaterland.com/locations/broek-in-waterland/" target="_blank">Broek-in-Waterland</a>. This tiny, picturesque village has the distinction of being "the cleanest village in the Netherlands"! 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">St. Nicholas Kerk, or the Grote Kerk of Monnickendam.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVpfXqf4jn16omZpgKUl5pnF-dr4pzbl02DFWEnnQS89cFfdllMBCDlrf3layL_FzZOSaZMyFeHaBx52r3xWUBX0acD4FzuXob1EPd4RUDgurMm-ZS5O7iRHnTiplKQyINUn1Yh_CmeEV/s2048/IMG_2652.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1273" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVpfXqf4jn16omZpgKUl5pnF-dr4pzbl02DFWEnnQS89cFfdllMBCDlrf3layL_FzZOSaZMyFeHaBx52r3xWUBX0acD4FzuXob1EPd4RUDgurMm-ZS5O7iRHnTiplKQyINUn1Yh_CmeEV/w398-h640/IMG_2652.JPG" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Like most of these old churches in the Netherlands, it has some foundation issues and is a bit crooked.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the Banks of the Markermeer, Monnickendam has a nice harbor, that used to be very important to town.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHIQjjuV5wMA2P13a-dla4EAfpEGJ1_xTaxbzS7ZNZ6yNuilFlAkplVtaEIFZKdXPLKiUhzaFvcT-3gLg7x_BimZdfCH61QVgAto5UUHPhyphenhyphen7OJa_qcRe9_9yuHta0lJhh7FCaP0cpYaGv/s2048/IMG_2701.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHIQjjuV5wMA2P13a-dla4EAfpEGJ1_xTaxbzS7ZNZ6yNuilFlAkplVtaEIFZKdXPLKiUhzaFvcT-3gLg7x_BimZdfCH61QVgAto5UUHPhyphenhyphen7OJa_qcRe9_9yuHta0lJhh7FCaP0cpYaGv/w426-h640/IMG_2701.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAsVV1jiXcjxly9r_uYSDkn6d02CQspuoCuw0zQXzO1FmRA-dUWjRHimyfl1OU4g2HNKCVn5kl9K-Itzgpopum8qDprimc3lkXlDudm6TM0HhhfR2jo1JS0nu97Ni9FOZ1tGcXRlIKhC2/s2048/IMG_2710.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It's now a dying industry, but in earlier times Monnickendam used have lots of smokehouses and ell fishing and eel smoking used to be big business.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDmRRkNjP1GBXVUD067rH8Cvm2OoKMJ5VBq8AHzceTo3VYUxmN3AOFSmqNJKO3nuwT4DGTvuRZvy7yLMpE1bo3mvCAp6KkUKNM5cLJNO-WmjMaVPh9Fq1hb_I0Dqx_skEXhHsxL9jWsSE/s2048/IMG_2725.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDmRRkNjP1GBXVUD067rH8Cvm2OoKMJ5VBq8AHzceTo3VYUxmN3AOFSmqNJKO3nuwT4DGTvuRZvy7yLMpE1bo3mvCAp6KkUKNM5cLJNO-WmjMaVPh9Fq1hb_I0Dqx_skEXhHsxL9jWsSE/w426-h640/IMG_2725.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ending the day in Hoorn. A few random images.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHIjQTXvVb5mc3lgTr1W2ToCrBGR9JVoLLxOj5VELmUNnYU7ehlhpdrst4hs9Jm2n5KH0X-Yg8Zd8Waf-CmsGYbh3X-ooyRcf8UOCD18aUvy0r8IzJagt3zC5-X__AgYJrJ19IFGkWTsF1/s2048/IMG_2732.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHIjQTXvVb5mc3lgTr1W2ToCrBGR9JVoLLxOj5VELmUNnYU7ehlhpdrst4hs9Jm2n5KH0X-Yg8Zd8Waf-CmsGYbh3X-ooyRcf8UOCD18aUvy0r8IzJagt3zC5-X__AgYJrJ19IFGkWTsF1/w426-h640/IMG_2732.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXD8Aq06INIeZuJ20yws4E7GSvZhRu5xb2PHgX2-UP2EuphcfznkB81KQ0sQNpIkLQEzx4wSMUNY8vsnVr8f3b0XlxcItO57U9m8iVX93dI5FJCLyAe4WPdYRXI5rDHMzfCb70EgediB1K/s2048/IMG_2736.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Coat of Arms of Hoorn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwdcfb04FJJQxdPqSpx4LLdbcLEnHR8xKAJZMkwJ2aHiSYMWwjuK9PIQQtI-y7tW9uCH_JVvraGB1GqwsgWU4bJwM6aGGuw6phyjHBroL7aUIfZrzSVQcGe2aDsrWJFra0NeBPWDW_XxY/s2048/IMG_2764.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwdcfb04FJJQxdPqSpx4LLdbcLEnHR8xKAJZMkwJ2aHiSYMWwjuK9PIQQtI-y7tW9uCH_JVvraGB1GqwsgWU4bJwM6aGGuw6phyjHBroL7aUIfZrzSVQcGe2aDsrWJFra0NeBPWDW_XxY/w426-h640/IMG_2764.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Looking out the window of the Westfries Museum towards the old weigh house.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbtUpjjE9QlI-zP2hqdi7MAeOtlMpt-CWp3bTrC4vfU-rzB8JHCMfxP1InDC9U9WhVAxsoDC4aMNg6iN1paPn9-tPs2nTXjYSxhfhzOeTQunwUJwiNo7ggdw0jDebaZB9qXG7akljYx_g/s2048/IMG_2777.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm jumping out of daily sequence for a moment, because I have nothing share for November 2nd. I couldn't let the "Trip that was series" end, without including a trip to <a href="https://keukenhof.nl/en/" target="_blank">The Keukenhof! </a> The Keukenhof is known as "flower garden of Europe", and is in the town of Lisse, not too far from Amsterdam. 79 acres of exquisitely designed gardens, surrounded by fields of tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and crocuses, Keukenhof plants over 7 million bulbs annually. The gardens are only open for eight weeks a year, from late March to mid-May, and the explosions of color during this time are legendary. The gardens are sprawling cultivated lawns and beds of hyacinths, tulips, daffodils, crocuses and other bulbs, garden installations based on a theme (for us it was the 1970''s) , and flower themed green houses that showcase orchids, amaryllis, all the tulips varieties and colors you could ever imagine, and other flowers that I can't even remember. When I first visited the Netherlands, I asked Dutchboy about Keukenhof, the tulips fields, and the flower auctions. I was told that, "there is nothing to see at Keukenhof or the tulips fields, no Dutch person ever visits, it's touristy and expensive, and it's really a waste of time". In typical Dutchboy fashion, he was WRONG about all those things. See for yourself. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXac6FbCwyqakpQAOlCppLWX3eEd2WQ-nX809DgHArx-zVAHYCyYs-ntVSWk9VoYxH4xrLebtw1o7WjMav9H1dIEI6t48fb88S4Ye1K1aoOuVA6h-MZnOa45YRQ_MS5Pq9Ryt7A9Ybh_M/s5472/IMG_7309.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXac6FbCwyqakpQAOlCppLWX3eEd2WQ-nX809DgHArx-zVAHYCyYs-ntVSWk9VoYxH4xrLebtw1o7WjMav9H1dIEI6t48fb88S4Ye1K1aoOuVA6h-MZnOa45YRQ_MS5Pq9Ryt7A9Ybh_M/w640-h426/IMG_7309.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjci_Y2iKZgLT7Kl5lmlzfe4ZlyRjtj8Lz9bUe5eEHpmXsKH5xDf2NEf6CjD_SR3TKbsPTGlbq5tQZ9IRrJcQ07Mf6acWOus2Ct73ymxaI2OFW06C7NB8RbJ1wItEv5zWGWcIB-uhfZhGnH/s5472/IMG_7310.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Caption: The Keukenhof. I don't see what the hype is about. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMCglgo2641VtKJUcksVCGidlG5z8SWsh69FImBcT4_hWRUg4FIfo-wZqn7Ws-vbMCes_fAcOwyJ07MkTpJLs5lJXFQBeNyXT8Cgfs5k_vWK0VT1qZHnXEwVE7f2gqWNrI44jVVXaqmfb8/s3648/IMG_7529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2432" data-original-width="3648" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMCglgo2641VtKJUcksVCGidlG5z8SWsh69FImBcT4_hWRUg4FIfo-wZqn7Ws-vbMCes_fAcOwyJ07MkTpJLs5lJXFQBeNyXT8Cgfs5k_vWK0VT1qZHnXEwVE7f2gqWNrI44jVVXaqmfb8/w640-h426/IMG_7529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's a video I took as we drove past some of the fields of flowers surrounding Lisse. Proof that Dutchboy was wrong and the trip was totally worth it, and there is so much enjoy! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="353" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5dPtwscLBLI" width="424" youtube-src-id="5dPtwscLBLI"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437739186183326201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812443271488043321.post-20017594758542497952020-10-30T02:00:00.169-07:002020-10-30T02:39:47.515-07:00The Trip that was: October 30, 2009<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Antwerp Centraal from the outside! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlrP0sYAAKq29LYRBonZ6xw09OrnzO9u18x-nDtsiLYCx8glY08sAHAhMNRBaMhgTnric8CSbpFRZQ-ocvFbcGakX8T2c4qmX02y4NHlpuKzIWjY56xbv4YB8KrojV0h1ADNqj8UBMNMv/s2048/IMG_2372.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlrP0sYAAKq29LYRBonZ6xw09OrnzO9u18x-nDtsiLYCx8glY08sAHAhMNRBaMhgTnric8CSbpFRZQ-ocvFbcGakX8T2c4qmX02y4NHlpuKzIWjY56xbv4YB8KrojV0h1ADNqj8UBMNMv/w426-h640/IMG_2372.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQzUhlnCX3DdQ1ySHZlYUuS2GpuwmuyYhDgWAxeClq9BhedZePlzsMZPX3gS53Q0EToGBU-Pl2uBCP5BlhDOqmOPfdJzJuqb9k56gqmCzpsuov2IkW0Wd2hUL5gmofG0zIK6jIrA5sBmi/s2048/IMG_2381.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQzUhlnCX3DdQ1ySHZlYUuS2GpuwmuyYhDgWAxeClq9BhedZePlzsMZPX3gS53Q0EToGBU-Pl2uBCP5BlhDOqmOPfdJzJuqb9k56gqmCzpsuov2IkW0Wd2hUL5gmofG0zIK6jIrA5sBmi/w426-h640/IMG_2381.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next to the train station is<a href="https://www.zooantwerpen.be/en/" target="_blank"> Antwerp Zoo</a>. It is the seventh oldest zoo in the world, opening in 1843. The Zoo, its architecture and gardens, has been listed as a world monument.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74_L1fNb3NJhd4nlOJTQvzZT4FDyPu9vejm4yFkPm1mmDRqEvpFuEgS65ZVoQHm8n7akHAKpPhCs8EaixITth7IqkAGBnEsLH0_DycveKsfBSQtLp3rd4Ldp7UzreYcgR0SmKraLPNTMU/s2048/IMG_2376.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74_L1fNb3NJhd4nlOJTQvzZT4FDyPu9vejm4yFkPm1mmDRqEvpFuEgS65ZVoQHm8n7akHAKpPhCs8EaixITth7IqkAGBnEsLH0_DycveKsfBSQtLp3rd4Ldp7UzreYcgR0SmKraLPNTMU/w426-h640/IMG_2376.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTN1W9nFFPj0byMAd89YjQ9gzSmCeAqt8SCL9G0VlnvAoTjIk_N2lPxzgRkFaYkf2lqN9P4fmgqRE5xQt9P9nhiV8d_043hoIUPpKmVtTMWzMoNhyxRk3jGkNtpAs3TVYWpU7WpbaedCg/s2048/IMG_2382.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTN1W9nFFPj0byMAd89YjQ9gzSmCeAqt8SCL9G0VlnvAoTjIk_N2lPxzgRkFaYkf2lqN9P4fmgqRE5xQt9P9nhiV8d_043hoIUPpKmVtTMWzMoNhyxRk3jGkNtpAs3TVYWpU7WpbaedCg/w426-h640/IMG_2382.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJx52U1HenPNt-6eHr_vSswX4BD9U9uwK6oAfj9WRqB5b6o3n8k_99saYmqOx0e1s_PLcA1LTDSec5qsE1lD00dec4LxHI6tBaRScDILqZc0kp9gHkf0PDv03TuTIxskZdK2Ay2JTxpdh/s2048/IMG_2386.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJx52U1HenPNt-6eHr_vSswX4BD9U9uwK6oAfj9WRqB5b6o3n8k_99saYmqOx0e1s_PLcA1LTDSec5qsE1lD00dec4LxHI6tBaRScDILqZc0kp9gHkf0PDv03TuTIxskZdK2Ay2JTxpdh/w426-h640/IMG_2386.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The area around the Station and Zoo is the start of the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp_diamond_district" target="_blank"> Diamond District</a>. Eighty-five percent of the world's rough diamonds move through this area every year, with about 50% of them staying in Antwerp for cutting and polishing. For the record, NO. Dutchboy did NOT buy me a diamond, rough or otherwise. He, himself, is a diamond in the rough. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH0CBYGOAhruMYN1b71p6M00sS6GomaKWE-RKvm3wNkAXaU73L5zWeJcUBhOyYaRF_R-WBjWzJOTC2EbWPtTIjpAoTPvwKwyV1W1XInqH3rntAhyphenhyphenoaDsNa5k1uq-9shDDB7P3huO5pwSVn/s2048/IMG_2377.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH0CBYGOAhruMYN1b71p6M00sS6GomaKWE-RKvm3wNkAXaU73L5zWeJcUBhOyYaRF_R-WBjWzJOTC2EbWPtTIjpAoTPvwKwyV1W1XInqH3rntAhyphenhyphenoaDsNa5k1uq-9shDDB7P3huO5pwSVn/w640-h426/IMG_2377.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgakix_pK64x6rIDCBjncmJRNXoNUY0XNOStFOZVkZQBUNTu13AQFLl5qQoElmAua3akF1yCr28K2pcrcPU0yzfiI_Mecz1x1Qfcb8E3M8B-8QGUUJKE5q3P6JOlK9zsAamtF0sY6naAM0v/s2048/IMG_2378.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgakix_pK64x6rIDCBjncmJRNXoNUY0XNOStFOZVkZQBUNTu13AQFLl5qQoElmAua3akF1yCr28K2pcrcPU0yzfiI_Mecz1x1Qfcb8E3M8B-8QGUUJKE5q3P6JOlK9zsAamtF0sY6naAM0v/w640-h426/IMG_2378.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our purpose for being at the station so bright and early in the morning, was to travel a bit outside the city to the<a href="https://theculturetrip.com/europe/belgium/articles/the-eclectic-splendor-of-antwerps-cogels-osylei/" target="_blank"> Cogels-Osylei </a>neighborhood, in the Zurenborg District, with it's fantastic Art Nouveau and Tudor architecture. The Belle Epoque of Antwerp is showcased on the streets of this area. After visiting the Horta House in Brussels, we were eager for more. I'm certain we spent much of the day, squealing with glee at the jaw-dropping beauty. Get ready. 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Disembodied heads peeking out of a window. Art? Someone mocking the tourists? I don't know. It's just odd. Or we could call it eclectic?? Who watchers the watchers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh757NupJzH5uD6ReUUgasG7JinNRJH6noKi3lPRJppm1FrZhD1gChbxtN1CisVhkQpJMxXBjqVSRgQo1CQOItSJ6cLklWYySsnsjdm3hadAe7Ebuh-fwSZFAq-50jwkwkXpxmcYx-9d3b9/s2048/IMG_2448.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh757NupJzH5uD6ReUUgasG7JinNRJH6noKi3lPRJppm1FrZhD1gChbxtN1CisVhkQpJMxXBjqVSRgQo1CQOItSJ6cLklWYySsnsjdm3hadAe7Ebuh-fwSZFAq-50jwkwkXpxmcYx-9d3b9/w640-h426/IMG_2448.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yes, Dutchboy faced down the tram to take a photo. Yes, I yelled at him. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then it was time to head back to the station, pick up our bags and go home to Amstelveen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqUt2fnrbTSoNJvFOc03pMSD9-7q5h_3n0AW3h_uplFHq2rI922_tRgIPh97sfmpyWIzpoWOlAODYzgE0UMOSCPsgVzsRX6zRkthLIPuC6DG8oDgOkuGjwZ2iTxjIoa7vtehw6w1t5EWt/s2048/IMG_2559.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqUt2fnrbTSoNJvFOc03pMSD9-7q5h_3n0AW3h_uplFHq2rI922_tRgIPh97sfmpyWIzpoWOlAODYzgE0UMOSCPsgVzsRX6zRkthLIPuC6DG8oDgOkuGjwZ2iTxjIoa7vtehw6w1t5EWt/w426-h640/IMG_2559.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLs2DQz3RZgND2T02PjWazJLs2joEBsQ1BF-He8KaZCpyKZQApoikV6qgo-1L4ZQPE2_9CfoLpUJSIn2jiN1zBvufLoCz4u6lqI4SYfiipvww1XX4wD330xcJaBCBf_stKh3Pxdu__chF/s2048/IMG_2561.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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His owner tied him to the pipe while he headed into the men's room. I wanted to comfort the pup, he looked so uncertain. He wanted nothing but to have a direct line of sight to the door where his master disappeared. He stared at it intently until the man came out, patted him on the head, and off the went. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKGqK8XHlYIzdDT0CWzu0OrjMzaJ2o-L-mVOCsJRiWukvPaoBhq8JM6mjuCOauqyJ1HNcht7Prf0107dSR4idKXNNmKejuIbNPSux6OnXJ2G4L5uzLd4R4xnoM3UjHF0VFB3HC3H7xA58/s2048/IMG_2553.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKGqK8XHlYIzdDT0CWzu0OrjMzaJ2o-L-mVOCsJRiWukvPaoBhq8JM6mjuCOauqyJ1HNcht7Prf0107dSR4idKXNNmKejuIbNPSux6OnXJ2G4L5uzLd4R4xnoM3UjHF0VFB3HC3H7xA58/w640-h426/IMG_2553.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzsKkJmnLo_u-ivk2KAwwpDnflz7-88GegA1UD3zH0xT8-wZPDozAwfXaDn0jIgM6Y1xiTWpG1Yt-ZWVjMugUGpaKVlE0wG48z4YUnA6NE6Q_ezdfgrYZDmsSJQQmStSPF9RtIskqUvwp/s2048/IMG_2579.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzsKkJmnLo_u-ivk2KAwwpDnflz7-88GegA1UD3zH0xT8-wZPDozAwfXaDn0jIgM6Y1xiTWpG1Yt-ZWVjMugUGpaKVlE0wG48z4YUnA6NE6Q_ezdfgrYZDmsSJQQmStSPF9RtIskqUvwp/w640-h426/IMG_2579.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The daily posts are winding down. I have nothing to share for the next couple of days, only family photos and I will spare you that!! Never fear, I shall return with a post or two more. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Until then... Tot Ziens! xx</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437739186183326201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812443271488043321.post-77161973278210244852020-10-29T02:00:00.139-07:002020-10-29T02:59:35.134-07:00The Trip that was: October 29, 2009<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now arriving at Antwerp Centraal. One of the most beautiful train stations I've ever seen. I seem to say that about a lot train stations, don't I?? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDk4asRJwX2TWv8fv66m_XRw8bb_k8Ma2QPQX-7FuuTEWX60Vjps6OSD24rfbCP7hb6S6ywg1_1vyYJwV9-iiVv3FYwkvgsxQT4bytSxi-6uwoq0UTDPRCYfAW58ZxE9k5UvvbzJ9IkCJ/s2048/IMG_2135.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDk4asRJwX2TWv8fv66m_XRw8bb_k8Ma2QPQX-7FuuTEWX60Vjps6OSD24rfbCP7hb6S6ywg1_1vyYJwV9-iiVv3FYwkvgsxQT4bytSxi-6uwoq0UTDPRCYfAW58ZxE9k5UvvbzJ9IkCJ/w426-h640/IMG_2135.JPG" width="426" /></a>I </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUOuRrlAx5WUViuMqtN-IdtPq7C3Tpu9vqk7jbJXg1aKaRYahlm3c5Ea_4GU2Ua5wdytmvdHi0k6hyphenhyphenT-8KMEoW9WLPD2sTsDODPBi63izBl0RT4e7aC3-Qf_gK026VFwd6M44KaHANqtj/s2048/IMG_2137.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUOuRrlAx5WUViuMqtN-IdtPq7C3Tpu9vqk7jbJXg1aKaRYahlm3c5Ea_4GU2Ua5wdytmvdHi0k6hyphenhyphenT-8KMEoW9WLPD2sTsDODPBi63izBl0RT4e7aC3-Qf_gK026VFwd6M44KaHANqtj/w426-h640/IMG_2137.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUILT-UJMM1F5444b9GVRu8_2hCCAru7ezHIhyphenhyphenK3DOEhvC07SOlrEBAmMkFCGKWqnIueZGsdhJ_Kmr46mfNNxoe_UC4nL-ErT7HoMBI7NO5bxWgxKAXh2z8QjzL9IkNaxouXPoSihpNGI9/s2048/IMG_2140.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUILT-UJMM1F5444b9GVRu8_2hCCAru7ezHIhyphenhyphenK3DOEhvC07SOlrEBAmMkFCGKWqnIueZGsdhJ_Kmr46mfNNxoe_UC4nL-ErT7HoMBI7NO5bxWgxKAXh2z8QjzL9IkNaxouXPoSihpNGI9/w426-h640/IMG_2140.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Rising in the distance is the Cathedral of Our Lady. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFi11lXqKnDOVM5luMQet4r7DfuIbBGhbkFWrF0cvjyk6_NphjZISGLdauSB8qh1t93WYsDAIQ2L3GCWvMhsO6owygA6C7EG1RcpjS5l3y8Y_bxTyJ4yQ4KRivHf_mau2x2cYa5sCiNm_u/s2048/IMG_2146.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFi11lXqKnDOVM5luMQet4r7DfuIbBGhbkFWrF0cvjyk6_NphjZISGLdauSB8qh1t93WYsDAIQ2L3GCWvMhsO6owygA6C7EG1RcpjS5l3y8Y_bxTyJ4yQ4KRivHf_mau2x2cYa5sCiNm_u/w640-h426/IMG_2146.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgMJNCV4-y1PU1YlErk9buZ3JvVwC2ivGyTvpf8gKJSPh_cOXDszTIvACoQchfANepvRbajnLqqKH_boN8UVt1iMpSMV6GqisJxtdqs-y4OoG6jRmpfZpaYmIQmoYSruZW73IA52LzNaC/s2048/IMG_2144.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgMJNCV4-y1PU1YlErk9buZ3JvVwC2ivGyTvpf8gKJSPh_cOXDszTIvACoQchfANepvRbajnLqqKH_boN8UVt1iMpSMV6GqisJxtdqs-y4OoG6jRmpfZpaYmIQmoYSruZW73IA52LzNaC/w426-h640/IMG_2144.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjjksiY5WZMqmjKgZPz_Z_NJUa2hTQ9Z9RcZY7mzYjUDRSgqhcSFSsOKdENOot1aqmLPTllL2kbJU9iUNAT7Q5_-zoHr0Fa6VrQiqA2XCYnpGMD6auyE8xq-RQ9ntcK0nY1ItZqNPUktS/s2048/IMG_2148.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjjksiY5WZMqmjKgZPz_Z_NJUa2hTQ9Z9RcZY7mzYjUDRSgqhcSFSsOKdENOot1aqmLPTllL2kbJU9iUNAT7Q5_-zoHr0Fa6VrQiqA2XCYnpGMD6auyE8xq-RQ9ntcK0nY1ItZqNPUktS/w426-h640/IMG_2148.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_(Antwerp)" target="_blank">Antwerp Cathedral, or Cathedral of Our Lady.</a> Originally designed to be two, identical towers, but only one was completed. Started in 1352, it was designed to be the largest Gothic church in Belgium. After 170 years, it was ready to open. However, the second tower was not complete. In 1533, the church was gutted by fire, and this ultimately ended the idea of completing the second tower. 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It rivals those of Brussels, but manages to feel a bit more intimate. 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If the ship captains refused, he cut off their hands and threw them into the river. Word of this evil giant reached Silvus Brabo, and he challenged the giant, and after days of fierce fighting, Brabo cut off Antigoon's hand, and threw it into the river. Brabo was declared the cities savior. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Crucifixion scene on Drie Hespenstraat, near the Vleeshuis. This area is known as "Blood Mountain". The Vleeshuis was the guildhall of butchers, and the place where slaughtered animals were bought and sold. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij17JFOHnipA6Ddw3Zxn1KS-UpH4i0UQcHSTKPSJ7KvitbjS0TOXQ8dQ6TQyIj-mTLhYuJ130e42aEJ3jp_m4R2bNILi5nav1sqQTXk0CbR_F-AvioX4wKWD71np0YFUHtHM0zspgnBdoE/s2048/IMG_2249.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij17JFOHnipA6Ddw3Zxn1KS-UpH4i0UQcHSTKPSJ7KvitbjS0TOXQ8dQ6TQyIj-mTLhYuJ130e42aEJ3jp_m4R2bNILi5nav1sqQTXk0CbR_F-AvioX4wKWD71np0YFUHtHM0zspgnBdoE/w640-h426/IMG_2249.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7w35A2bWymfwX3ZjEDoT0y0BBobKOdPO5_qi_rTWGDhJI-RvCfXD7zp3OScwJfhyPj05SItiorJ5E-h2jf0y1Ne1uWO2373CrEE1IVj1FpMe9lFt6fMhBGVg_SYfik0_hiMlUb1MVaVb/s2048/IMG_2250.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7w35A2bWymfwX3ZjEDoT0y0BBobKOdPO5_qi_rTWGDhJI-RvCfXD7zp3OScwJfhyPj05SItiorJ5E-h2jf0y1Ne1uWO2373CrEE1IVj1FpMe9lFt6fMhBGVg_SYfik0_hiMlUb1MVaVb/w426-h640/IMG_2250.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Het_Steen" target="_blank">Het Steen</a>. A medieval fortress, build after the Viking incursions. It is the oldest building in Antwerp. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUqE3WwNhgntJ2k_lA-249dkPdmPSEB64W5TLQcCAkCMCnS2QymrhRX6a59ReFraze2LShkZoBmvW1WATuMbGS3sdmurVhRK9c1JeANKjPISTYY5PRLFESe_hSFTdvRASSc8Femi9ep2H/s2048/IMG_2252.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUqE3WwNhgntJ2k_lA-249dkPdmPSEB64W5TLQcCAkCMCnS2QymrhRX6a59ReFraze2LShkZoBmvW1WATuMbGS3sdmurVhRK9c1JeANKjPISTYY5PRLFESe_hSFTdvRASSc8Femi9ep2H/w640-h426/IMG_2252.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVWUVM337gg46yoZiAYaL6pWmnsBWMlw0zijdNYYr1G2AUC5hz8GcSumVAOfcclwFYqGFPgfULQp8kB1vgt05GNbqfsDYjeANfuOZEi1pQKLVjyzLI4nyjclkg1JSUYSS6ER4Oz3GLFHW/s2048/IMG_2271.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVWUVM337gg46yoZiAYaL6pWmnsBWMlw0zijdNYYr1G2AUC5hz8GcSumVAOfcclwFYqGFPgfULQp8kB1vgt05GNbqfsDYjeANfuOZEi1pQKLVjyzLI4nyjclkg1JSUYSS6ER4Oz3GLFHW/w640-h426/IMG_2271.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lange_Wapper" target="_blank">The Lange Wapper</a>. A folklore character, he is a giant and trickster who tormented the Flemish people. 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It was so quiet-- a beautiful moment when we were almost alone in all the grandeur. Slowly the trucks started to roll in, first the street cleaners, then the bakery delivery trucks, and finally the food and flower vendors. The early morning commuters came in next, hurrying across the square, head down, on their way to work. We left as the sky started to lighten. It is one of the travel memories I cherish. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QIb_zhB_xw7tciRSB7IpjfQQ7YzW_BfNEega_YqTnwbEHqh6o5Y5zXfjSAzxyUAl8NsneazQ333F19UHrP-pe0RGIOQz8fQOl8k6Jl4eQ0KrfTAlIrgGXb7XWpwzXHnWQ0Q-sU-lPeZ6/s2048/IMG_2113.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QIb_zhB_xw7tciRSB7IpjfQQ7YzW_BfNEega_YqTnwbEHqh6o5Y5zXfjSAzxyUAl8NsneazQ333F19UHrP-pe0RGIOQz8fQOl8k6Jl4eQ0KrfTAlIrgGXb7XWpwzXHnWQ0Q-sU-lPeZ6/w640-h426/IMG_2113.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlga_sNf83JcO6MdSfFHnbNNZyf5e5IXPwi8vn8arsjKKMn84ZmXa4nb-VnNcReCTMrNOCqb14TlfUeFphOPnRp-KjBW1GVhfet2CK2eCBxA-wKHth3E00NczVSySyBlceoiPIq0-l07B/s2048/IMG_2114.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlga_sNf83JcO6MdSfFHnbNNZyf5e5IXPwi8vn8arsjKKMn84ZmXa4nb-VnNcReCTMrNOCqb14TlfUeFphOPnRp-KjBW1GVhfet2CK2eCBxA-wKHth3E00NczVSySyBlceoiPIq0-l07B/w640-h426/IMG_2114.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6IFMzkaGTORsz2faAA_jFcd4TOrHmxnj8Soab870Oorv3tV-XN6NJHQ1lxz8olH3PViGqFGasGvyobLf010Kxw9goijOt4bOKSvF4_g_rxIJERSWVa13dQ-779QTxXBN6qOJ414IlgNZ/s2048/IMG_2119.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6IFMzkaGTORsz2faAA_jFcd4TOrHmxnj8Soab870Oorv3tV-XN6NJHQ1lxz8olH3PViGqFGasGvyobLf010Kxw9goijOt4bOKSvF4_g_rxIJERSWVa13dQ-779QTxXBN6qOJ414IlgNZ/w640-h426/IMG_2119.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OAPvuBViqTYmfuMdlnoT186nN81C0LIDLRpyL4SQm-S4f2v5fl8slEQ7o7NdNLKF7tY7tgEfTYYdVqM53ADmU1pTjgGrJlVUSIOMVoEa-riaLOTN-uUWb-NBpqC4MnkfgkD0p8bvhSRi/s2048/IMG_2120.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OAPvuBViqTYmfuMdlnoT186nN81C0LIDLRpyL4SQm-S4f2v5fl8slEQ7o7NdNLKF7tY7tgEfTYYdVqM53ADmU1pTjgGrJlVUSIOMVoEa-riaLOTN-uUWb-NBpqC4MnkfgkD0p8bvhSRi/w640-h426/IMG_2120.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlsChqoSQigg5a0PddkgzCYGoTDU0_CSQ3LYvjkzsET9zr3QuEB1mpI1GNSbJtoDJIYxVMPDz1r-YIb64SkfxLskD43TEjX9BG8Lj4eVMEP3Vi5uKE_tTU5FrE553g24ASipMq6MC4GnBP/s2048/IMG_2123.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlsChqoSQigg5a0PddkgzCYGoTDU0_CSQ3LYvjkzsET9zr3QuEB1mpI1GNSbJtoDJIYxVMPDz1r-YIb64SkfxLskD43TEjX9BG8Lj4eVMEP3Vi5uKE_tTU5FrE553g24ASipMq6MC4GnBP/w640-h426/IMG_2123.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Palace_of_Brussels" target="_blank">The Royal Palace.</a> However, this isn't the official resident of the Royal Family of Belgium. It's a bit like Buckingham Palace. It's used for official engagements or state dinners.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3rC5VhfQSn39X2jPIRq9am5jrhGul3eoA53nF66xDMJ9N0i2vM3_4yYcGqGbGwZUDikjk6PotgPFE_s3wF1tV0MCIlGRAG_btVg4I9BQzuj_9MXNimi-sz-G_avuowDNBjqHaXIJcjtmu/s2048/IMG_2125.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3rC5VhfQSn39X2jPIRq9am5jrhGul3eoA53nF66xDMJ9N0i2vM3_4yYcGqGbGwZUDikjk6PotgPFE_s3wF1tV0MCIlGRAG_btVg4I9BQzuj_9MXNimi-sz-G_avuowDNBjqHaXIJcjtmu/w640-h426/IMG_2125.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Entrance to <a href="https://visit.brussels/en/place/The-Park-of-Brussels#:~:text=Known%20as%20the%20%E2%80%9CParc%20Royal,symmetrical%20alignments%20and%20surprising%20perspectives." target="_blank">Parc Royal</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mHdeqiw-afUtW58OmdVNy-MApiOjXbAsT4TO1tfwhsyLarMmeA603tH_4bGewO1o-p_FDmVlNR8lMm40CY-fxNivDKIsnqmy-bOGMUnc8FtMG_C5dLtpyWnvWp03uJTUD5sU3_RX7Uay/s2048/IMG_2126.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mHdeqiw-afUtW58OmdVNy-MApiOjXbAsT4TO1tfwhsyLarMmeA603tH_4bGewO1o-p_FDmVlNR8lMm40CY-fxNivDKIsnqmy-bOGMUnc8FtMG_C5dLtpyWnvWp03uJTUD5sU3_RX7Uay/w640-h426/IMG_2126.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We took the above photos on our quest to find Victor Horta Museum. We got terribly lost, and were almost late for the one guided tour they do a day. We had wandered so long that we finally gave up and asked someone who was working at a fruit stand. He spoke little to no English and Dutchboy speaks just a little bit of French. Between the two of them, with hand gestures and what words they could manage to share, they drew a map that led us straight to the Museum! No photos were allowed at the museum, so I'm sorry I can't share the magnificence that was Horta House Museum. It is worth all the effort to find it, all the getting lost. What wasn't worth it, was getting tripped on the tram on the way back to the hotel, and twisting my knee. I could barely walk. That didn't keep me from searching out food on the way back to the hotel. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Belgian waffles--warm, rich and decadent. It was still warm from the waffle iron, slathered in chocolate, real whipped cream that was melting slightly from the warmth of the waffle. It was...divine. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxEMFxITglXa3OK2xMSv7H_67pDilW7SYBGruyT3T3wcypN24jNytSUhZe0Gaxpuk64m3YBOvJtTSY-luUYVlakeWQlj-SZL4AuXYLyugk8Ts2l3mrYjwhXEP1FLPWOl1Ba3dA30kcfOE/s2048/IMG_2129.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxEMFxITglXa3OK2xMSv7H_67pDilW7SYBGruyT3T3wcypN24jNytSUhZe0Gaxpuk64m3YBOvJtTSY-luUYVlakeWQlj-SZL4AuXYLyugk8Ts2l3mrYjwhXEP1FLPWOl1Ba3dA30kcfOE/w426-h640/IMG_2129.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437739186183326201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812443271488043321.post-17884077975910711852020-10-27T02:30:00.000-07:002020-10-27T02:32:29.021-07:00The Trip that was: October 27, 2009/2017<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>2009</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Brussels!! </p><p style="text-align: left;">The view from our hotel room. Which took us FOREVER to find! We books through a travel agent...which was a thing then, when I was unsure of what to do in Europe. But she booked us in an Ibis hotel, of which there were THREE in the same area. Thanks to a lovely concierge at the wrong hotel, we found it. And I have to say, the view was lovely. If slightly spooky. And we were steps away from the Grote Markt. </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWFSHQ0DzNHQ6OEa48ct1HAaKFJVNc6vihK_3gSW1RJMK2KE-0c4llvIyGQdEgFZcbD1EGhXxELoklC_6ic9nqU8rpuSfyxWbolCHMvbWYGhd1iiSnA-rKQtPJ7y9_gYhnXA9y3TrMiSAD/s2048/IMG_1866.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWFSHQ0DzNHQ6OEa48ct1HAaKFJVNc6vihK_3gSW1RJMK2KE-0c4llvIyGQdEgFZcbD1EGhXxELoklC_6ic9nqU8rpuSfyxWbolCHMvbWYGhd1iiSnA-rKQtPJ7y9_gYhnXA9y3TrMiSAD/w640-h426/IMG_1866.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguqM1eVSCHNvKIy1eAoEiV90y4Rhr9xzSe1D0BqnSlOhZFJDFgBZXB4JTdYkFPJOKzdtCedxJmn0paViY2tMRAUyxtDZ-edoQcwcVmbkMtpUTZsA3H83rilf0cpkzwz14WU3qj20PHBt8R/s2048/IMG_1879.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguqM1eVSCHNvKIy1eAoEiV90y4Rhr9xzSe1D0BqnSlOhZFJDFgBZXB4JTdYkFPJOKzdtCedxJmn0paViY2tMRAUyxtDZ-edoQcwcVmbkMtpUTZsA3H83rilf0cpkzwz14WU3qj20PHBt8R/w426-h640/IMG_1879.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_Stock_Exchange" target="_blank">The Brussels Stock Exchange</a>, which we passed often on the way to the Grote Markt. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCMvPJKPe0C8_JlFUAaxiOtGUWl9WxZZ7QIAa2mn3AkonzBXvgXJFr3TVG68SpCdOZDDDunfSrtYRpM40fOVSTHN1-7BruzsxS29jXT2uEzwwjw4jaoxtIOett6af8c2jfG0v_KD7X_CW/s2048/IMG_1886.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCMvPJKPe0C8_JlFUAaxiOtGUWl9WxZZ7QIAa2mn3AkonzBXvgXJFr3TVG68SpCdOZDDDunfSrtYRpM40fOVSTHN1-7BruzsxS29jXT2uEzwwjw4jaoxtIOett6af8c2jfG0v_KD7X_CW/w426-h640/IMG_1886.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWigeMG20ChY63VzIW7S2w2c3E8hBMTUln1oNmWzx4Q0UFTc59-EJmlQUtgIpeZ2dKB7lUKQ7Lgqv7Qg2L7GOjDPLS3IZMWRMCfEvKYkNxKjHDkbdWT_85g1FEsr67oLOzT-GpFzovfAj/s2048/IMG_1887.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWigeMG20ChY63VzIW7S2w2c3E8hBMTUln1oNmWzx4Q0UFTc59-EJmlQUtgIpeZ2dKB7lUKQ7Lgqv7Qg2L7GOjDPLS3IZMWRMCfEvKYkNxKjHDkbdWT_85g1FEsr67oLOzT-GpFzovfAj/w640-h426/IMG_1887.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJuPkAC6JQ4ft3sM5z666WAGMyGAWUZkxTqMatIe7vxOoS01uDNdddt-5iaOD-U8PK3beeGouYeFIy2VZgvdu1slt8QMTytAri3zTM1-jQorveegyhEWFo1RFRQN7VjzuSJOAp3sjCILLO/s2048/IMG_1892.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJuPkAC6JQ4ft3sM5z666WAGMyGAWUZkxTqMatIe7vxOoS01uDNdddt-5iaOD-U8PK3beeGouYeFIy2VZgvdu1slt8QMTytAri3zTM1-jQorveegyhEWFo1RFRQN7VjzuSJOAp3sjCILLO/w426-h640/IMG_1892.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Place" target="_blank">The Grote Markt</a>! One of the most beautiful squares I've ever seen. Destroyed in 1695 by the French Army, it was rebuilt by the guilds and completed by 1700. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhuYmweL4JI4osqHLcdmYQR_c3suqb6mQ3FMnz0K1_1hpFMj5hs1wz0Qi8DRBy4LBET1L6LI0d2IhmIb4RHYrgNaJ2JJM3stXeoaYu61-hOmR0BQ1VyHLpoMnZx29epO35Dm6eKvBQFCc/s2048/IMG_1898.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhuYmweL4JI4osqHLcdmYQR_c3suqb6mQ3FMnz0K1_1hpFMj5hs1wz0Qi8DRBy4LBET1L6LI0d2IhmIb4RHYrgNaJ2JJM3stXeoaYu61-hOmR0BQ1VyHLpoMnZx29epO35Dm6eKvBQFCc/w640-h426/IMG_1898.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJG0UDWMAnODQye1-cvllX6Mhhy2M-oJz6n_S4sxMkwQmPmBJbqTGPBgFNwsTxOUm2ArS6ld9hhE-XPcHF7ItzS1YB1r1BfBJKQQ-3Ka9OkL74isTTsuAgt9aOoOEGx0_2xBl2mT0MXJCJ/s2048/IMG_1899.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Whatever it is called, it's beautiful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtD0AHlBk-quYipRRZLnvxc4XH66-s-sf1Ryyf0UtmQvLjWVR0iOMOnT1d3IwB2UEbNKsq7EhEfYPltxLXqQaXD6XQtEm61AgdWWNmRjFcxXUdnkGsQAInawBs8LMUGlz0mAug3g7-t3WP/s2048/IMG_1919.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtD0AHlBk-quYipRRZLnvxc4XH66-s-sf1Ryyf0UtmQvLjWVR0iOMOnT1d3IwB2UEbNKsq7EhEfYPltxLXqQaXD6XQtEm61AgdWWNmRjFcxXUdnkGsQAInawBs8LMUGlz0mAug3g7-t3WP/w426-h640/IMG_1919.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can't go to Brussels and not see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manneken_Pis" target="_blank">Manneken Pis.</a> I was excited. Dutchboy warned me I would be disappointed. He's tiny. He's...pissing. What is there to see? It's a landmark! It's something you read about! How can you not be excited?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTukngHEdLPeIfuFyVPfdW4ogQ0bfzlId5Il_7n7Lv-Sv78PvN_xvLwLqZdC_w-LOEUYUPUhMXbZi3cK5jmcXwqcQgZRT3PtOSwZRyNXLIxxEcBfW22f9VLxGUzbcH4vGWrtp9OTpy-bPu/s2048/IMG_1897.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTukngHEdLPeIfuFyVPfdW4ogQ0bfzlId5Il_7n7Lv-Sv78PvN_xvLwLqZdC_w-LOEUYUPUhMXbZi3cK5jmcXwqcQgZRT3PtOSwZRyNXLIxxEcBfW22f9VLxGUzbcH4vGWrtp9OTpy-bPu/w640-h426/IMG_1897.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If it hadn't been for the crowd of people, I would have never even NOTICED it. Teensy Weensy fountain. He wasn't even wearing one of his famous outfits. Then you find out this isn't even the ORIGINAL fountain that was placed there in 1619. This is a copy put there in 1965! 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It was a department store, but is now a musical instrument museum.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7wmdX1nM51FsfGXIMYPpLtiaRFW906-G6LRrkwfcy6SezGOhJHTZVgOM7Vop9Svx86ehTf5epsBEg0qiVt2B66KYIjGC6wZqvVZip5q5UicFxUP5_NrAbvUBVyQ4oXQc8UJhj2a73yEo/s2048/IMG_2008.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7wmdX1nM51FsfGXIMYPpLtiaRFW906-G6LRrkwfcy6SezGOhJHTZVgOM7Vop9Svx86ehTf5epsBEg0qiVt2B66KYIjGC6wZqvVZip5q5UicFxUP5_NrAbvUBVyQ4oXQc8UJhj2a73yEo/w426-h640/IMG_2008.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCigzDq3bhrUn7H4ABfyElKkWCd-fKUlghI-rs3BdD7hioziaN0unU9pbxOQSwSQcQrzDantdL8xiYDPGaYOihjFhmfu8X286OkznTC3SXRDMb9CjNjQ3m_CyUbmhY1SSKT0Hx4bz3Xt-0/s2048/IMG_2014.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCigzDq3bhrUn7H4ABfyElKkWCd-fKUlghI-rs3BdD7hioziaN0unU9pbxOQSwSQcQrzDantdL8xiYDPGaYOihjFhmfu8X286OkznTC3SXRDMb9CjNjQ3m_CyUbmhY1SSKT0Hx4bz3Xt-0/w426-h640/IMG_2014.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMUdep-o6vAbpn_m3c7f7uW-6g4gjBb04S2R-Lk_lU3V8eXXu2dW15UU2h3Ixs72fb9YQzc2YHgcDFlvV0Rsi6xlYLMy-1vWkag3LeWGXPn0Zq_G1vAvcaMS86TQk6JG_DoZOl1CpvYG6/s2048/IMG_2017.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMUdep-o6vAbpn_m3c7f7uW-6g4gjBb04S2R-Lk_lU3V8eXXu2dW15UU2h3Ixs72fb9YQzc2YHgcDFlvV0Rsi6xlYLMy-1vWkag3LeWGXPn0Zq_G1vAvcaMS86TQk6JG_DoZOl1CpvYG6/w426-h640/IMG_2017.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.renemagritte.org/" target="_blank">Magritte</a>, anyone? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCLPiw4_47Y2fJFJk5teMeKti6xEIUCkGXpo6L0IbOVsPYYbRcQ11o466dEXcbimYmLQTTFhruPIe4h8KDLC0rriuOnHl3ZCgLUukEY_mrdRxA5TrIGsC3Ci_8i6jPQu6JUeDoEqVeSM3/s2048/IMG_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCLPiw4_47Y2fJFJk5teMeKti6xEIUCkGXpo6L0IbOVsPYYbRcQ11o466dEXcbimYmLQTTFhruPIe4h8KDLC0rriuOnHl3ZCgLUukEY_mrdRxA5TrIGsC3Ci_8i6jPQu6JUeDoEqVeSM3/w426-h640/IMG_2022.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.amazingbelgium.be/2019/02/the-dynasty-palace-in-brussels.html" target="_blank">Dynasty Palace.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KZwOJ9O3oo5H96bc1NbeDOWl-3UsXIHqEpjiRG4aKDAsGBUys2_G4MetG_pjAksxC-Ut_s4LIEjHhduj41pguJx0YONXNlkaP0kr1wJfc_7Dd7q_0DwrnuoQ9eRe5ZtKoNa7PnY5TA1M/s2048/IMG_2027.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KZwOJ9O3oo5H96bc1NbeDOWl-3UsXIHqEpjiRG4aKDAsGBUys2_G4MetG_pjAksxC-Ut_s4LIEjHhduj41pguJx0YONXNlkaP0kr1wJfc_7Dd7q_0DwrnuoQ9eRe5ZtKoNa7PnY5TA1M/w426-h640/IMG_2027.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.everythingbrussels.be/en/brussels/must-see-places-in-brussels/mont-des-arts" target="_blank">Mont des Arts Park</a>. 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Dutch skies smiling through my tears.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9oQriypEHrtmL089h0BvjkFb8yLLaUeBlsnTblgJ_OVUGPS7i4KVPyvu6J3htwMa1vl5QIdHfsEd489pMreHYsg1V113wP68lfzVeMqk0sEI3IZmvmmfci4qFE8Hpkvs9pUnbqnBRm24/s2048/IMG_6041.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9oQriypEHrtmL089h0BvjkFb8yLLaUeBlsnTblgJ_OVUGPS7i4KVPyvu6J3htwMa1vl5QIdHfsEd489pMreHYsg1V113wP68lfzVeMqk0sEI3IZmvmmfci4qFE8Hpkvs9pUnbqnBRm24/w480-h640/IMG_6041.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437739186183326201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812443271488043321.post-80454623452856607412020-10-26T02:00:00.000-07:002020-10-26T02:00:04.710-07:00The Trip that was: October 26, 2017<p style="text-align: center;"><b>2017</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Amsterdam. Saying goodbye for the year. </b></p><p style="text-align: left;">The last day of our annual trip is spent in Amsterdam, having bitterballen, and a stroll through the city. I try to absorb as much of it as I can, so I don't forget. On lonely days, when melancholy strikes, I think of the city, remember the smell of pancakes mingling with weed, the sounds of bike bells and tram bells, the clack of tram wheels in the rails, and I smile. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBB1MTnOQUPzP2AtDaWh3eRCas_vVfJxY22MqUKVvO5_MyXiV-OcFy16WPSE4l8aZnhrGkfNBljps56jnZrVrQ0sV1Z48orkKSFoKQB8Cscjaf8jJZ7EgkROBVyasGtCZVw4y_c6dI1vN_/s2048/IMG_6037.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBB1MTnOQUPzP2AtDaWh3eRCas_vVfJxY22MqUKVvO5_MyXiV-OcFy16WPSE4l8aZnhrGkfNBljps56jnZrVrQ0sV1Z48orkKSFoKQB8Cscjaf8jJZ7EgkROBVyasGtCZVw4y_c6dI1vN_/w480-h640/IMG_6037.JPG" width="480" /></a></p><br /><b><br /></b><p></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437739186183326201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812443271488043321.post-52152521280579247332020-10-25T02:22:00.089-07:002020-10-25T02:22:00.172-07:00The Trip that was: October 25, 2009 <p style="text-align: center;"><b> 2009</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Oosterwolde. The hotel where we spent the night!</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzIXAJ2yPX-NtDBuw5oGxB4wZd_Wu44xl50HZA5J5zdB-Ew9cW860jVIu5AGfIDsX4HgH8505QG9v_tAx-F61jftinmmzmyrS02tpAYRR9n7CMHgQNr5x0Wkuy4owCY3vgAgR4nrfNRTKS/s2048/IMG_1703.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzIXAJ2yPX-NtDBuw5oGxB4wZd_Wu44xl50HZA5J5zdB-Ew9cW860jVIu5AGfIDsX4HgH8505QG9v_tAx-F61jftinmmzmyrS02tpAYRR9n7CMHgQNr5x0Wkuy4owCY3vgAgR4nrfNRTKS/w640-h426/IMG_1703.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUJdFKCKeCq0LL22CCOQdKoswl6c3e1DsJ72mzDWiOMz9BOK0zE1GiFOPY2hQ_xWldZW-nVewufSgWLLAfUc9Bvy8ClF8TxB4hc9MXuFv53O6of-1fLwbqpFlvO_-Oijw5gMNpDoUje2M/s2048/IMG_1701.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUJdFKCKeCq0LL22CCOQdKoswl6c3e1DsJ72mzDWiOMz9BOK0zE1GiFOPY2hQ_xWldZW-nVewufSgWLLAfUc9Bvy8ClF8TxB4hc9MXuFv53O6of-1fLwbqpFlvO_-Oijw5gMNpDoUje2M/w426-h640/IMG_1701.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next stop in our day was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeuwarden" target="_blank">Leeuwarden</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmo4JF9FOsjmAhmIAivSwLM4cj8HPEcslwU07tnNwJ_y46x_wsy4YrMjCVsDsetsRYLiDb88B4P9ZPbXu0uqOWv2m4kbAbAumSXGglcx3LdUjRd7nZSNPhWGIn7Hc6Go-9GZ6xRCmIuwR/s2048/IMG_1704.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmo4JF9FOsjmAhmIAivSwLM4cj8HPEcslwU07tnNwJ_y46x_wsy4YrMjCVsDsetsRYLiDb88B4P9ZPbXu0uqOWv2m4kbAbAumSXGglcx3LdUjRd7nZSNPhWGIn7Hc6Go-9GZ6xRCmIuwR/w640-h426/IMG_1704.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-2beIHO9slJVD8_ngXf6LZNSJQ7InGmm81xiOpiXHDbrHpWt798dSTlzpBM6_SLcSk_KNaA6lJVkQpjoAaYLaJgUkilpnu5EdJzDGXQUlbefkWGPpEbcgkrc3stO2QZs8FbXIBmlkJW4/s2048/IMG_1705.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-2beIHO9slJVD8_ngXf6LZNSJQ7InGmm81xiOpiXHDbrHpWt798dSTlzpBM6_SLcSk_KNaA6lJVkQpjoAaYLaJgUkilpnu5EdJzDGXQUlbefkWGPpEbcgkrc3stO2QZs8FbXIBmlkJW4/w640-h426/IMG_1705.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0P4d0iEInsGrMF0o-jyETfrkAVK_iaol9fWm1Qu2u04Ia-GutU8zr4QYqSqn0-8T6IzJOVzRYR6SovDz-10Ykhp_-h6izoRl7DAU6MswMLz0c7mMPJl089r4zPUsh48B1Mo-OteFCtSzv/s2048/IMG_1706.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0P4d0iEInsGrMF0o-jyETfrkAVK_iaol9fWm1Qu2u04Ia-GutU8zr4QYqSqn0-8T6IzJOVzRYR6SovDz-10Ykhp_-h6izoRl7DAU6MswMLz0c7mMPJl089r4zPUsh48B1Mo-OteFCtSzv/w640-h426/IMG_1706.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwqrgx7DZPFgL4uSr0X1XFHJ5iqE5tmLTOLe6Kxdyr-G3cLASFqa9XONT-F1WdW0dQcdmViOHKZ4vgGr-1tE9k3qSxmqrxXi_xqBHPklH8TFKJaKoODCz9-vUruVgWdwaytFPs9kk1WT6/s2048/IMG_1708.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwqrgx7DZPFgL4uSr0X1XFHJ5iqE5tmLTOLe6Kxdyr-G3cLASFqa9XONT-F1WdW0dQcdmViOHKZ4vgGr-1tE9k3qSxmqrxXi_xqBHPklH8TFKJaKoODCz9-vUruVgWdwaytFPs9kk1WT6/w426-h640/IMG_1708.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oldehove. This is an unfinished, and severely leaning, church tower. Started in 1529, construction was stopped in 1532 due to the fact it was leaning. The rest of the church was demolished in 1595, but the leaning tower remains. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8Hg6AsIhJ41_FdrhZm5Ue7-cZFGwubnK6jqc2MpeHTPOEKncSm4qI6IBGHV_B_lnTZu6PyDMriaVd0zlxIsMOuYZSMyws429mu0Uh0jsLvy6GqsVC6shZTOcG5Gj1N5nun1lbsw_2PNd/s2048/IMG_1711.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8Hg6AsIhJ41_FdrhZm5Ue7-cZFGwubnK6jqc2MpeHTPOEKncSm4qI6IBGHV_B_lnTZu6PyDMriaVd0zlxIsMOuYZSMyws429mu0Uh0jsLvy6GqsVC6shZTOcG5Gj1N5nun1lbsw_2PNd/w426-h640/IMG_1711.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Ix3PrvsewfR_OqZKz6LKDwzQh_k3cqFPFikfU-Ixzb9nFHdbn7UeGnBhn2pW4QptSo9gQUUh8Mu03_IFsgSdUbw4RtMvgzxk6ocQHkokmZovUQksHZH8rWnCshEUjYKrIpnnb4zzJ9XS/s2048/IMG_1712.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Inside this little building, built into the rafters of the living room, is a working model of the solar system, and includes the zodiac calendar as well. Built between 1774 to 1781 by an amateur astronomer, Eise Eisinga. King William I was so impressed by it, he purchased the house and made it the Royal Planetarium. It is has been nominated for a World Unesco Heritage Site. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGaM9nV1Z-1KhpO6NsPaGMJCpL1wLLpkx9KbxWtwFuswO_yES9UTr_SYMlNW7uLWPkcgv-nnPFsvb0sfL2Y0xhlMZ4biLdCLznnXjxDWgHrXbNG0vKtOi65yDwD-XB8Wo78Geh_ftLOQX/s2048/IMG_1737.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGaM9nV1Z-1KhpO6NsPaGMJCpL1wLLpkx9KbxWtwFuswO_yES9UTr_SYMlNW7uLWPkcgv-nnPFsvb0sfL2Y0xhlMZ4biLdCLznnXjxDWgHrXbNG0vKtOi65yDwD-XB8Wo78Geh_ftLOQX/w426-h640/IMG_1737.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFtqKOIj_prcTE2KNiXsfzhjPCk0PkSVyIRKK6QnXptPzyeqz1lOxbj-fiXOnLmOFrNvLpLEtNUMuMtMjdMUUdBsVJPWiNYvKTSszx7BhWb8TK71TdePft_rBA41P4JeCyhvfkK6ZB876/s2048/IMG_1756.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFtqKOIj_prcTE2KNiXsfzhjPCk0PkSVyIRKK6QnXptPzyeqz1lOxbj-fiXOnLmOFrNvLpLEtNUMuMtMjdMUUdBsVJPWiNYvKTSszx7BhWb8TK71TdePft_rBA41P4JeCyhvfkK6ZB876/w426-h640/IMG_1756.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Heading home to Amstelveen, we traveled across the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afsluitdijk" target="_blank">Afsluitdijk. </a> We paused to walk along the causeway by the Wadden Sea.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZ5IHKz98H1beoHcHWYsTXUbYSLlcGHhYn8SFfxcLgDRNmRsnuy8DcuOY-mHGr6VsxLMfN_p7CzB93mLJfulNF-deufNMfXDig5YUL5WDVLPLjHW5XPPZWMmI2n-lF_hECVnZ5TanDb4f/s2048/IMG_1757.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZ5IHKz98H1beoHcHWYsTXUbYSLlcGHhYn8SFfxcLgDRNmRsnuy8DcuOY-mHGr6VsxLMfN_p7CzB93mLJfulNF-deufNMfXDig5YUL5WDVLPLjHW5XPPZWMmI2n-lF_hECVnZ5TanDb4f/w640-h426/IMG_1757.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wnQz5ACWRaE6BRHTQfxkmoetJjYUWmKK8qePWo2c120D0M_k9-6YowLnE-iRjLJNN4zRG6dXGcRBMZmvEGomysJWVF8sDb-03xtz51A0-zBOj1bYVRBVB_No9XY6z3TdJMhTNwg69Fy_/s2048/IMG_1765.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wnQz5ACWRaE6BRHTQfxkmoetJjYUWmKK8qePWo2c120D0M_k9-6YowLnE-iRjLJNN4zRG6dXGcRBMZmvEGomysJWVF8sDb-03xtz51A0-zBOj1bYVRBVB_No9XY6z3TdJMhTNwg69Fy_/w640-h426/IMG_1765.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had dinner in Edam. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437739186183326201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812443271488043321.post-11301978803418436742020-10-24T02:00:00.009-07:002020-10-24T11:44:58.322-07:00The Trip that was: October 24, 2009/2017<p style="text-align: center;"><b> 2009</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Back in Assen, to visit the <a href="https://drentsmuseum.nl/en" target="_blank">Drents Museum. </a> before meeting up with Dutchboy's parents later in the day. We were SO lucky to visit this museum when we did. They had an exhibition of Belgian Art Nouveau. It was the day I fell in love with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Horta" target="_blank">Victor Horta.</a> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6UqDERhKX5Pmcx0_7GtzMVrBeEGuSiNojAu6SMCZHRjSIgKe_9sFNjDknT42rPHALZwRNaBuART5Gd1IoNMoNWneYvdujuaL-zrf5Pfq1XQvKdShCSRqUEuvoVEJPXSxVoCfiN_gQg6W/s2048/IMG_1582.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6UqDERhKX5Pmcx0_7GtzMVrBeEGuSiNojAu6SMCZHRjSIgKe_9sFNjDknT42rPHALZwRNaBuART5Gd1IoNMoNWneYvdujuaL-zrf5Pfq1XQvKdShCSRqUEuvoVEJPXSxVoCfiN_gQg6W/w640-h426/IMG_1582.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVj1uDgXVAq1X0Im2ufol9a0zbBJBr-DnYhZ-njjqgeG5IRXsYZmIvtLcXznuXZjcSVzvHxThnS74qcUDk3RvDhQMT_TAbvx2xddZD232XXAQXG-BMNKBFDLOgGC4MqtAQ0RxvlqcsfVt8/s2048/IMG_1670.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVj1uDgXVAq1X0Im2ufol9a0zbBJBr-DnYhZ-njjqgeG5IRXsYZmIvtLcXznuXZjcSVzvHxThnS74qcUDk3RvDhQMT_TAbvx2xddZD232XXAQXG-BMNKBFDLOgGC4MqtAQ0RxvlqcsfVt8/w426-h640/IMG_1670.JPG" width="426" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">I don't know why I adore this poster by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Pierre_van_Biesbroeck" target="_blank">Jules van Biesbroeck</a>, I just know that I do. It was designed for the opening of the Maison du Peuple (The People's house) of Brussels designed by Victor Horta. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHaE6U327cb4QQJg_c_azi2hySUClr-pmMQRIehn9nMe48w9r4_vcEqBJimKOp6F-7c8E3NGoKcJyTuW8Sqrgro16qm6B1LviZY3HfnI7fvIw3-LTlc_KNuLS7M3aRwsOaP6rPRtugwVEa/s2048/IMG_1689.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHaE6U327cb4QQJg_c_azi2hySUClr-pmMQRIehn9nMe48w9r4_vcEqBJimKOp6F-7c8E3NGoKcJyTuW8Sqrgro16qm6B1LviZY3HfnI7fvIw3-LTlc_KNuLS7M3aRwsOaP6rPRtugwVEa/w426-h640/IMG_1689.JPG" width="426" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">The interior the museum is as lovely as the contents. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3QQTabV91T-n1Lbq2VgzXW1dfWFvuTrlMMY_Uw6sdghWEgib5MsY4WNTRTfSyl1V1jiHYEu9tYXcRUwAI2w7nyMWIoFoPHrwadIqMMDp63RQoFmpXEHXGlCNm1HfDI8UEfSRKK-ncS_I/s2048/IMG_1696.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3QQTabV91T-n1Lbq2VgzXW1dfWFvuTrlMMY_Uw6sdghWEgib5MsY4WNTRTfSyl1V1jiHYEu9tYXcRUwAI2w7nyMWIoFoPHrwadIqMMDp63RQoFmpXEHXGlCNm1HfDI8UEfSRKK-ncS_I/w426-h640/IMG_1696.JPG" width="426" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LyHQSY2jlv_4vt499pwGUnWcFyjR5r2MaVJqdzcQndf_7U0AYkRrdQ1GgY00npeNceKWJjycOH8-q7JPQNIWweFvj12JLBouJXQi9yKzoNmk-weOfH7YPqLNjcZrSxCJKaUY8aRX2sPs/s2048/IMG_1580.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LyHQSY2jlv_4vt499pwGUnWcFyjR5r2MaVJqdzcQndf_7U0AYkRrdQ1GgY00npeNceKWJjycOH8-q7JPQNIWweFvj12JLBouJXQi9yKzoNmk-weOfH7YPqLNjcZrSxCJKaUY8aRX2sPs/w426-h640/IMG_1580.JPG" width="426" /></a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ri6n2s8X65JPthtUN6AUe61MOtq4yUkpDxr5xdByV4ew8x4TE8EV4JUZuaGyqLkqljPk8RhBT0GJ3t2nhi1OqFqnsKIHb-JMXk26O0Pctbe-x9OiTHKiRyMon37hPdT6ySn6PS8fcQmO/s2048/IMG_1581.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ri6n2s8X65JPthtUN6AUe61MOtq4yUkpDxr5xdByV4ew8x4TE8EV4JUZuaGyqLkqljPk8RhBT0GJ3t2nhi1OqFqnsKIHb-JMXk26O0Pctbe-x9OiTHKiRyMon37hPdT6ySn6PS8fcQmO/w640-h426/IMG_1581.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Dutchboy with his friend Bartje Bartels! Bartje is the main character of books by Anne de Vries and a symbol of the province of Drenthe. Bartje was a naughty boy who didn't want to follow in his parent's footsteps and become a farmer . 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We were with friends who planned a fantastic surprise outing-- we were taking a steam tram from Medemblik to Hoorn! <a href="https://www.stoomtram.nl/en/" target="_blank">Museum Stoomtram Hoorn-Medeblik </a> is like traveling back in time, to a slower paced life. What is the difference between a steam tram and a steam train?? Evidently, it comes down to smaller size, smaller speed, etc. There were very strict regulations. It didn't matter...looked like a steam train to me! And it was a fun way to travel across the Dutch countryside. We started off in gray, rainy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medemblik" target="_blank">Medemblik</a>. 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The friends we were with, split up, one went on the train with us and the other took the car to meet us at the station. He would then drive on to our end stop, so we wouldn't have to take a return trip to Medemblik and could instead stay in Hoorn. 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Time to leave Wognum and head out to Hoorn! <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vaem5PS-WNc" target="_blank">Waving goodbye to Michel from the train.</a>..</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="376" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vaem5PS-WNc" width="451" youtube-src-id="vaem5PS-WNc"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Hoorn.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The Westfries Museum. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwIsQWSYpbbdKhbpYiwHFqJPwDT-h5omlu9cdgYTeO9NANgR3u_UZbIzj_LlrVN-qtbeUYYJhnDoyZ9vRLFha33iAxhgGLsFeZxoFbKsBzchrpMTecnnDdn4N1ACYNBBl5vLYIIZBsLpvy/s2048/IMG_6008.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwIsQWSYpbbdKhbpYiwHFqJPwDT-h5omlu9cdgYTeO9NANgR3u_UZbIzj_LlrVN-qtbeUYYJhnDoyZ9vRLFha33iAxhgGLsFeZxoFbKsBzchrpMTecnnDdn4N1ACYNBBl5vLYIIZBsLpvy/w480-h640/IMG_6008.JPG" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">De Waag, Hoorn. We had reservations at the restaurant that is now housed in the building, <a href="https://www.ikhouvanhoorn.nl/details/en/doude-waegh--e98c8b8d-26e9-4f4a-9e9b-4c6209bef970" target="_blank">d' Oude Waegh. </a> Dinner was perfection! Highly recommend!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYn-xggm7gFU_imcnlQf8GHehZ7aRzumjRLxpFpTPf7vflnOeQofw6hoqDhdYM6lMtaeqF5UFGJgJcnPdV1ya5k0RGHb8hRV4euMMGGi0ZHQkVSer8BYKFYR_aC7IDWhIjqMzluS66O9vx/s2048/IMG_6007.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYn-xggm7gFU_imcnlQf8GHehZ7aRzumjRLxpFpTPf7vflnOeQofw6hoqDhdYM6lMtaeqF5UFGJgJcnPdV1ya5k0RGHb8hRV4euMMGGi0ZHQkVSer8BYKFYR_aC7IDWhIjqMzluS66O9vx/w480-h640/IMG_6007.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">The evening ended at our friend's house, with a guitar lesson. Dutchboy never misses a chance to play guitar. Any guitar. Any where. And he will try to teach everyone he knows to play guitar, too. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5PtWzu-DczYCgkDQ9mgDDbbAqyVXKCytnu62Ta-qbIIsEEr1nbpKVd9lbDJbDOiSvaqM0YPq8-gUIAcGxb_50QD2saoQ1LaWWizGEGE0-ckWvDCy4D-KJQbx-RY_gj2eOZtM51PgElIu4/s2048/IMG_6009.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5PtWzu-DczYCgkDQ9mgDDbbAqyVXKCytnu62Ta-qbIIsEEr1nbpKVd9lbDJbDOiSvaqM0YPq8-gUIAcGxb_50QD2saoQ1LaWWizGEGE0-ckWvDCy4D-KJQbx-RY_gj2eOZtM51PgElIu4/w480-h640/IMG_6009.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437739186183326201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812443271488043321.post-78216272733038878342020-10-23T02:00:00.094-07:002020-10-23T02:00:00.189-07:00The Trip that was: October 23, 2009/2017<p style="text-align: center;"><b> 2009</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">The market in Assen. It's very typical of markets all over the Netherlands. </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhK_wmyKHLHiI3DoKol0NLgYVJ3fju34OVFVlJUSZ1gjrN2ArQH7ave6n9rz5f8ASl9fypCx0ixlQPxunLAEjVrHchGoSGvM0Zs8aHA17rLhEApFFWlIPWHBYse7IQNpSg-uu6u9xEc0_C/s2048/IMG_1478.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhK_wmyKHLHiI3DoKol0NLgYVJ3fju34OVFVlJUSZ1gjrN2ArQH7ave6n9rz5f8ASl9fypCx0ixlQPxunLAEjVrHchGoSGvM0Zs8aHA17rLhEApFFWlIPWHBYse7IQNpSg-uu6u9xEc0_C/w640-h426/IMG_1478.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTl_wo-_TTkR66Ytnl1wM3mS_GElKmYsvA6Zm4WeKuuPA_wudmgvpuDT3pLfJCNV52ehImlVYhrx5GPXpE1my5H-GxpLl9G24BGFY75FZszIWMGuyakrVqJx0OK1uHSp_5JLFBtMWNS_uu/s2048/IMG_1480.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTl_wo-_TTkR66Ytnl1wM3mS_GElKmYsvA6Zm4WeKuuPA_wudmgvpuDT3pLfJCNV52ehImlVYhrx5GPXpE1my5H-GxpLl9G24BGFY75FZszIWMGuyakrVqJx0OK1uHSp_5JLFBtMWNS_uu/w640-h426/IMG_1480.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Look at all that licorice.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJd4Wd2c_wBLoDnbRym9k6KM0O7Lk6XGNgnrrb42xydMxkP3dBqDRM5cHd2KEL2qG1b_XI69BwTdF6CMKssNlSnf62OVJFJLaJI6R9sQOS9c79q1ZOF97qy84CXFbWCwKqHKzib52aGSLi/s2048/IMG_1483.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJd4Wd2c_wBLoDnbRym9k6KM0O7Lk6XGNgnrrb42xydMxkP3dBqDRM5cHd2KEL2qG1b_XI69BwTdF6CMKssNlSnf62OVJFJLaJI6R9sQOS9c79q1ZOF97qy84CXFbWCwKqHKzib52aGSLi/w640-h426/IMG_1483.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CN5q4O7R6be370DAiywgjZv4cqeO7bGe6MQq3zrtHvGTUH8Wg7OG14FVWdv9E0nFM_TD5cKN-7Pho9xUr9yuetBAAQbXiwU_u7Egmq1CKBSBu4GxZIOM0TCJr2xXRoqVeC8kN7oEuy89/s2048/IMG_1484.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CN5q4O7R6be370DAiywgjZv4cqeO7bGe6MQq3zrtHvGTUH8Wg7OG14FVWdv9E0nFM_TD5cKN-7Pho9xUr9yuetBAAQbXiwU_u7Egmq1CKBSBu4GxZIOM0TCJr2xXRoqVeC8kN7oEuy89/w640-h426/IMG_1484.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKdbtfZYmROw_TA2qPqzEcMJUsYzc1KBUayOL_EtGqNUKVug_nlGDBHE5h_l5dC1IJZ1qJBF6enUtQa6lzPTxokT6Ce57v33ELJXQU7Ngjumay3z9Z_yBAumoIHgNg1JOXxUxOw4CYhyphenhyphenBy/s2048/IMG_1486.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKdbtfZYmROw_TA2qPqzEcMJUsYzc1KBUayOL_EtGqNUKVug_nlGDBHE5h_l5dC1IJZ1qJBF6enUtQa6lzPTxokT6Ce57v33ELJXQU7Ngjumay3z9Z_yBAumoIHgNg1JOXxUxOw4CYhyphenhyphenBy/w640-h426/IMG_1486.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tRiDpfwg1sIXc41Kij1iGZ0JNLyyrObteEMKOc8Eca1fp81j-9Sb8o0WvLAkDBYWFMi6pxFB_VzObaMArN46-H8WmLdHkwscnV6XZe07j9ClVlA4w7qvC5Aqbm3tP7oRWOHHSBKNr2QM/s2048/IMG_1487.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tRiDpfwg1sIXc41Kij1iGZ0JNLyyrObteEMKOc8Eca1fp81j-9Sb8o0WvLAkDBYWFMi6pxFB_VzObaMArN46-H8WmLdHkwscnV6XZe07j9ClVlA4w7qvC5Aqbm3tP7oRWOHHSBKNr2QM/w640-h426/IMG_1487.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mergpijpjes. 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If you can pronounce it, you're either Dutch or better at languages than I am.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUg7QgdenV0zj-n-qtzLG9EV1cRcLnFEf4IbpC3zKwPQ4UiOAYMNeO6GNWMIaVKSe2HGQKXXWnm_M8ilGk9qn4lkNo_dgksv7NYydqq1hHL1ANgoxH5qENbouhdil_boeuhe1fy5lGLsQf/s2048/IMG_1503.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUg7QgdenV0zj-n-qtzLG9EV1cRcLnFEf4IbpC3zKwPQ4UiOAYMNeO6GNWMIaVKSe2HGQKXXWnm_M8ilGk9qn4lkNo_dgksv7NYydqq1hHL1ANgoxH5qENbouhdil_boeuhe1fy5lGLsQf/w640-h426/IMG_1503.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRz8ueAlwfS2fKruz7VCROZhi8DE6GugGrpFYUzLLoPNkK6drzXHuIO5OgpPAGZaI4QgUcmUKcIM5JsEILDlSXucbStnT_KvZjwmyXqHtdWwEqjmW3RNqJcSbvViM4wMVTgpk7yaqwrrC/s2048/IMG_1506.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRz8ueAlwfS2fKruz7VCROZhi8DE6GugGrpFYUzLLoPNkK6drzXHuIO5OgpPAGZaI4QgUcmUKcIM5JsEILDlSXucbStnT_KvZjwmyXqHtdWwEqjmW3RNqJcSbvViM4wMVTgpk7yaqwrrC/w640-h426/IMG_1506.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDwvatQ5IRnoDsoCOqCMLGD9E_vn0KxIlY1mkaHicIlzv6O_sVw-NdYKwIy3cKK1eYJ3xhqD6_gOGxxo5N2g0M-3vYTfgUJKvFYzKijqR7H8Eq0Jt5WvAAiSxdVEqRDb6hBr2LXoERXb-/s2048/IMG_1509.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDwvatQ5IRnoDsoCOqCMLGD9E_vn0KxIlY1mkaHicIlzv6O_sVw-NdYKwIy3cKK1eYJ3xhqD6_gOGxxo5N2g0M-3vYTfgUJKvFYzKijqR7H8Eq0Jt5WvAAiSxdVEqRDb6hBr2LXoERXb-/w426-h640/IMG_1509.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibOBjpI7aGcUcxuZWwTiHIcYRHhJVDe1vtALcIhq0pvst0KxvCIhjGy45JtfnG8TFXCud0sNTScol5tAq84ERCnA-oSVQ1bRQJn0mCw-qA4gQ0zXIQ9jCYqMJ3RR6qjyFdxIdBVKy1e9vd/s2048/IMG_1511.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibOBjpI7aGcUcxuZWwTiHIcYRHhJVDe1vtALcIhq0pvst0KxvCIhjGy45JtfnG8TFXCud0sNTScol5tAq84ERCnA-oSVQ1bRQJn0mCw-qA4gQ0zXIQ9jCYqMJ3RR6qjyFdxIdBVKy1e9vd/w426-h640/IMG_1511.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6-e6s9ABTHauDUz8v_ka9hpoPjljNzg885LF1o7UuSDvY9qkcSw268WdE0hmToTwnUmoMvkfrzbZtY15UUixXcx6GJwNqzkpNreVpcoRYCaQsONqi3eUYCllLFhM_xhdr6vOHjouPReY/s2048/IMG_1513.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6-e6s9ABTHauDUz8v_ka9hpoPjljNzg885LF1o7UuSDvY9qkcSw268WdE0hmToTwnUmoMvkfrzbZtY15UUixXcx6GJwNqzkpNreVpcoRYCaQsONqi3eUYCllLFhM_xhdr6vOHjouPReY/w426-h640/IMG_1513.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSNQ784yjZvXVnhNo-wzkx0Ea7_lIiOXJtmn0mHAXYCAAXckwBBqRld2LfAsXdCnp080I5lPo2JnO42PEd38vzkr1zo4FjhyphenhyphenO47PdocfDBJOaXrXNX-PspPS2u6wDHdQlFowLgv6PnxxaI/s2048/IMG_1525.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSNQ784yjZvXVnhNo-wzkx0Ea7_lIiOXJtmn0mHAXYCAAXckwBBqRld2LfAsXdCnp080I5lPo2JnO42PEd38vzkr1zo4FjhyphenhyphenO47PdocfDBJOaXrXNX-PspPS2u6wDHdQlFowLgv6PnxxaI/w640-h426/IMG_1525.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After leaving Groningen, we drove to visit some <a href="http://www.hunebedden.nl/engels.htm" target="_blank">hunebedden. </a> Hunebedden, "giant's bed" are communal graves dating back to the Funnel Beaker people, 3450 BC. 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No cannon balls, no canal photos-- it's the other side of Alkmaar. 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text-align: left;">Tot Ziens!</div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437739186183326201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812443271488043321.post-34634426979484990412020-10-22T02:00:00.044-07:002020-10-22T02:31:39.323-07:00The Trip that was: October 22, 2009<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A trip to <a href="https://www.landgoednienoord.nl/landgoed/historie/" target="_blank">Nienoord</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leek,_Netherlands" target="_blank">Leek</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1WpGOAQletFmbGoxpnueh7SjdsGJ09FKEtA3wtq9UnOaK5gGMY9_ukyXHEUV37WU7MLxea6_TD7B45_hADN413mDk6IfkLy_-iwSQvxqYhDoubMRMMVV33yoJDp-SaaBcBslcRKoJict/s2048/IMG_1415.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1WpGOAQletFmbGoxpnueh7SjdsGJ09FKEtA3wtq9UnOaK5gGMY9_ukyXHEUV37WU7MLxea6_TD7B45_hADN413mDk6IfkLy_-iwSQvxqYhDoubMRMMVV33yoJDp-SaaBcBslcRKoJict/w640-h426/IMG_1415.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The story goes that a servant girl, nanny to the lord's daughter, longed to see the treasury of Nienoord. The owner's daughter took the girl to see it. Overcome, the servant girl wore the jewels and danced around in the splendor, while her charge locked her inside, forgetting about her. When the owner returned and found the servant inside and heard the story, he punished her for her nosiness and her vanity, by locking her inside until the walls were completely decorated in shells. When she finished, he released her. 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They have a wide assortment of carriages, some mundane like a hearst carriage, to the royal and ornate. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoUsb7rtwA1Q7a7GmXBPnoWh7U2elCPGerP2miBMCmpwZWGyo2w72QaQezJV658kn-WJRl31Es_I6TWiRzvQjc64HR1rxScElR4z2kJv6tubyiBG0cwfua5MWF9v_mKF08p4Pp7B6-P6I/s2048/IMG_1473.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoUsb7rtwA1Q7a7GmXBPnoWh7U2elCPGerP2miBMCmpwZWGyo2w72QaQezJV658kn-WJRl31Es_I6TWiRzvQjc64HR1rxScElR4z2kJv6tubyiBG0cwfua5MWF9v_mKF08p4Pp7B6-P6I/w426-h640/IMG_1473.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtlSC_PcEJnktV6zk9zFb3D3AfIsQM5t1MoxNRgzKdpabQtE8FUFOWyWJs4_U9JH6qK7VrFE8UmL-Hap5ej8OSUukWhYBMMHrf10WJCldErFQ0S4CWWAbzMAqiMDRs_yb04uH9yqFr8Vb/s2048/IMG_1468.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Tot Ziens!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437739186183326201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812443271488043321.post-41194282915557418402020-10-21T02:00:00.000-07:002020-10-21T02:17:33.822-07:00The Trip that as: October 21, 2017/2018<p style="text-align: center;"><b> 2017</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">We visited the <a href="https://www.nemosciencemuseum.nl/en/" target="_blank">Nemo Science Museum</a> with the nephews. You've likely seen Nemo in some of my pictures of Amsterdam Harbor. It is the iconic <a href="https://www.nemosciencemuseum.nl/en/about-nemo/organization/nemosciencemuseum/building/" target="_blank">verdigris copper building rising from the water like the prow of a ship</a>. However, it isn't a ship at all! It is a museum building built to mimic the layout of the tunnel that is built upon! That's right, the foundation of Nemo is a car tunnel that goes under the IJ! But the best thing about Nemo is the observation deck that rises 22 meters above the harbor and give a beautiful view of Amsterdam! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQ-uMX2ID4B5B19wF0Y2pcnvBLhXDZsKWluncD0cBN6wKzRMagASAPbQZSqNMqE4-XPq6isJdkLYzw9uspReO5QZMMFQ6yHid-EveMIZWjr9lB0RDOI0HvZtSa0RVA_vIpAAVDKKhlQ68/s2048/IMG_9128.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQ-uMX2ID4B5B19wF0Y2pcnvBLhXDZsKWluncD0cBN6wKzRMagASAPbQZSqNMqE4-XPq6isJdkLYzw9uspReO5QZMMFQ6yHid-EveMIZWjr9lB0RDOI0HvZtSa0RVA_vIpAAVDKKhlQ68/w640-h426/IMG_9128.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKS44QC5DKzwUqgaK1qx0LnOXgl882K8X0MTAWC0zqQhcpDMBsz3sRQkwVmXT_oBasLPeexm_4pDjH8gLri9fkfVFPi908IyCQd4a_aOLsRkR6o8OIGWsX7eFubJsuPFaQ7hrlAJ4oYw_K/s2048/IMG_9129.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKS44QC5DKzwUqgaK1qx0LnOXgl882K8X0MTAWC0zqQhcpDMBsz3sRQkwVmXT_oBasLPeexm_4pDjH8gLri9fkfVFPi908IyCQd4a_aOLsRkR6o8OIGWsX7eFubJsuPFaQ7hrlAJ4oYw_K/w640-h426/IMG_9129.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOW4O8Iw-TuTVvlWSJdJwlGRbwWbPT8GrVWfPipA5I7nD5oU08Rc8PJPlsxdlJmUcBT4LDWTQhlN6VN-LHuOoCbXFCm41XUFlcVTU9hBKLDpHOPcXcJE_bW-5tJWnI0Ni5kUagTFxo9M6M/s2048/IMG_9130.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOW4O8Iw-TuTVvlWSJdJwlGRbwWbPT8GrVWfPipA5I7nD5oU08Rc8PJPlsxdlJmUcBT4LDWTQhlN6VN-LHuOoCbXFCm41XUFlcVTU9hBKLDpHOPcXcJE_bW-5tJWnI0Ni5kUagTFxo9M6M/w640-h426/IMG_9130.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6oYbH6EQCQgsCxrHu56goHyGHHlG6B14teOCNJdc23iNGo2NukOyRBq6DdlcAj2my9KH3jqfcwISQSZQnFjvxSe-k-7cQfI6jm27AYk8wi4bImVIaf9w6KtE-FBVIPyN0tBNuAd0Ebjr/s2048/IMG_9132.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6oYbH6EQCQgsCxrHu56goHyGHHlG6B14teOCNJdc23iNGo2NukOyRBq6DdlcAj2my9KH3jqfcwISQSZQnFjvxSe-k-7cQfI6jm27AYk8wi4bImVIaf9w6KtE-FBVIPyN0tBNuAd0Ebjr/w640-h426/IMG_9132.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>2018</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sometimes, when you're driving on the A9 you get behind a dream car. </div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhY-wCjxnO9_Jl6geGYR9QvQCU9VNmpjTQW5kVzOTugJ7TXFjYfyhGiDJrdhpPd7XgSHZXQ8oe6Swwe3RuMOzQUpUoeyXAVrQqLUKIsCCLO_5PvEe0UfsJo_cWCF2FaT1taDsgci_ypLV/s2048/IMG_7806.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhY-wCjxnO9_Jl6geGYR9QvQCU9VNmpjTQW5kVzOTugJ7TXFjYfyhGiDJrdhpPd7XgSHZXQ8oe6Swwe3RuMOzQUpUoeyXAVrQqLUKIsCCLO_5PvEe0UfsJo_cWCF2FaT1taDsgci_ypLV/w480-h640/IMG_7806.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another evening at the beach with the family. The beaches are so wide-- I don't have to run from the waves like I do at American beaches. That makes them much more user friendly, in my opinion!!! And they have fantastic sea-side restaurants that serve all manner of libations. Perfect scenario.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_UPoYCKjbfd5SFdlk1BkfMVELvWLY7KnWJ1O156fZ5zlqHqTsLumaEVkfXVc56y_UDwqHm79lCxKEnQaolC1cn1tbL9bDdJSfdhxk291uGI9_0JlwL731b6z7Ccd2k1GA-gJJ7At0MVRU/s5472/IMG_6736.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_UPoYCKjbfd5SFdlk1BkfMVELvWLY7KnWJ1O156fZ5zlqHqTsLumaEVkfXVc56y_UDwqHm79lCxKEnQaolC1cn1tbL9bDdJSfdhxk291uGI9_0JlwL731b6z7Ccd2k1GA-gJJ7At0MVRU/w640-h426/IMG_6736.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13SEml0YShw_nvsX0969KilEtLAoInab8LX6jz6wdatvZXS4_4c4fLzq5nweWW4t4aH2Km_VNS4wbSJ8h7n2kfCVBFNR4c9eIIKKv1GNaYtB7IXZwOARdu-HcgnKKnHw6M-kRwDfyYg_O/s5472/IMG_6739.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13SEml0YShw_nvsX0969KilEtLAoInab8LX6jz6wdatvZXS4_4c4fLzq5nweWW4t4aH2Km_VNS4wbSJ8h7n2kfCVBFNR4c9eIIKKv1GNaYtB7IXZwOARdu-HcgnKKnHw6M-kRwDfyYg_O/w640-h426/IMG_6739.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikY7qc0TokssGqk-rwfYQeT7XmBJTfAITvAvx1q53tCaiEkVV43sk0_aacq9pr4phyphenhyphen0AhIYH5E4F35Pgyrj77vDJ5SetjJSAh0rgcnaZlj3KNOVdw0l9_PbpUKoQOZYb0ktuIVhXwSW49/s5472/IMG_6740.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikY7qc0TokssGqk-rwfYQeT7XmBJTfAITvAvx1q53tCaiEkVV43sk0_aacq9pr4phyphenhyphen0AhIYH5E4F35Pgyrj77vDJ5SetjJSAh0rgcnaZlj3KNOVdw0l9_PbpUKoQOZYb0ktuIVhXwSW49/w640-h426/IMG_6740.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Often I pick up little "souvenirs" for people when I think of them. A shell from a beach, or a rock from Pere Lachaise. I've started photographing the item in the place I pick it up, so the person knows where it came from and the moment in my trip where they crossed my mind. It's much more personal that way. I wish I had started it years ago. This should go without saying, but if you want to follow this practice, PLEASE don't take anything from a protected area, or chip away at monuments! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1wqiC2vN-3L4UNu_D7jctpVPxN8V4RW8-DzJjo_pCV-lVKGksI6p88ogV19JKVttCzRHoaxQWH_nqOwd9e2h2grS2l_vFnY9zIJWm5EpKcXYbkoEmxJMfbQSIiCOoxepX8cecdTCc7h0/s5472/IMG_6742.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1wqiC2vN-3L4UNu_D7jctpVPxN8V4RW8-DzJjo_pCV-lVKGksI6p88ogV19JKVttCzRHoaxQWH_nqOwd9e2h2grS2l_vFnY9zIJWm5EpKcXYbkoEmxJMfbQSIiCOoxepX8cecdTCc7h0/w640-h426/IMG_6742.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tot Ziens!</div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437739186183326201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812443271488043321.post-46791577937093989072020-10-20T02:00:00.065-07:002020-10-20T02:28:49.165-07:00The Trip that was: October 20, 2009/2017/2018<p style="text-align: center;"><b> 2009</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.utrechtslandschap.nl/beerschoten-houdringe-panbos">PanBos.</a> Walking through the woods, and dunes, and onward to the beach at Katwijk! 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text-align: left;">Back to sharing photos of paintings, but I would be remiss if I didn't share a couple of works byanother of my favorite artists that you've likely never heard of, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Sluyters">Jan Sluiters</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgbT2dkAmkGVPAan0dPIQS95bdu2g5gUDgLcwuW4dM1Z3lh-X95VWg3RQVpsJ64kK6EP4Zx90ftEprhi6-KJRP6ANAGxnXMbgcutKxebJzyxfH87J2UDtuOG76APeSKjL27p29enauKX2o/s2048/IMG_5941.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgbT2dkAmkGVPAan0dPIQS95bdu2g5gUDgLcwuW4dM1Z3lh-X95VWg3RQVpsJ64kK6EP4Zx90ftEprhi6-KJRP6ANAGxnXMbgcutKxebJzyxfH87J2UDtuOG76APeSKjL27p29enauKX2o/w480-h640/IMG_5941.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8EhSrd5MnI2foPFa8lAU9ZKoYMOOnCaAOtEpsgfU7IP6CEIGr_HnU4UDABJXMgV9moVLm4_hysOLyKVm71E1VY7Mi9kMtZBdrCaCxsmXbmZZOGzD0IYWZaIGv5HeKV_F86PZ_kfC8ks0/s2048/IMG_5942.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Or a cozy restaurant with a warm fire and a nice view will work, too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihgBwYtAsJ15v64HJsttmeNcegC9TdR3_tge4xsyJhABG-7PEPICQAfnQHdUvniidoPUA_bE_A_W32bmBl8D5ZobvVlZBiobl6g-BSHo4BaMHhCHMO14NNVM-De8c8wbizxWtrouJ_XgrH/s2048/IMG_5947.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihgBwYtAsJ15v64HJsttmeNcegC9TdR3_tge4xsyJhABG-7PEPICQAfnQHdUvniidoPUA_bE_A_W32bmBl8D5ZobvVlZBiobl6g-BSHo4BaMHhCHMO14NNVM-De8c8wbizxWtrouJ_XgrH/w640-h480/IMG_5947.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>2018</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">A coffee with friends before leaving Friesland, and Bakkeveen (not Friesland!) behind. Frisian (Fryske) coffee is with a shot of <a href="https://www.sonnema-export.com/history-sonnema-berenburg/" target="_blank">Sonnema Berenburg liqour </a>in it and a head of very thick whipped cream. It's delicious! Sonnema Berenburg is a heavily spiced jenever, bitter and warming.<b> </b>The coffee is served with a Fryske Dumkes-- a Frisian cookie made with finely chopped hazelnuts, ginger, cinnamon and lots of anise seed. My favorite Dutch recipe blog has a wonderful recipe for <a href="https://www.thedutchtable.com/2013/01/friese-dumkes.html" target="_blank">Fryske Dumkes</a> if you're interested!</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTh1IbVUFLPgj8c5rGI_FmVVChHJIiCt_68b2tkkhHXTMOel9i-bpWbL3ASJnSG-nOn6GVUR4Ze1I6DECvKpPEmTTvcfg5XxOWb7wp7yD2y9UwyobpefovbUjMAcgL4mzYz6wBbNlkFwHH/s2048/IMG_7802.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTh1IbVUFLPgj8c5rGI_FmVVChHJIiCt_68b2tkkhHXTMOel9i-bpWbL3ASJnSG-nOn6GVUR4Ze1I6DECvKpPEmTTvcfg5XxOWb7wp7yD2y9UwyobpefovbUjMAcgL4mzYz6wBbNlkFwHH/w480-h640/IMG_7802.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Modern Dutch Landscape. 💖</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3_ZqXOpx2fTC6SIfeGYznvxrUNeb5N5q3EfI1e0ADj_UIhuT45uFKMfPp9EQoYRWm1bUuXCKj9gqHFnbqte9vwWCMNzqaGPeaTF4I21LHd3V1iqkwHJugPzlljfLBZSCaKYJAj6JF4f7/s5472/IMG_6730.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3_ZqXOpx2fTC6SIfeGYznvxrUNeb5N5q3EfI1e0ADj_UIhuT45uFKMfPp9EQoYRWm1bUuXCKj9gqHFnbqte9vwWCMNzqaGPeaTF4I21LHd3V1iqkwHJugPzlljfLBZSCaKYJAj6JF4f7/w640-h426/IMG_6730.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGubNFtxniUdnXRSkb8vhcs6jDTnv_NW0ZqNLVNoDD9sRkIX6rW4kM8pgEb8t7lK8QXAO2kGLKVtQhIxDSjADcfKnXUBxG1VjnfDhxSha1GgWMdHwfpJWW8YxQs4i_MbO-Svs5HES4RsN/s5472/IMG_6729.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGubNFtxniUdnXRSkb8vhcs6jDTnv_NW0ZqNLVNoDD9sRkIX6rW4kM8pgEb8t7lK8QXAO2kGLKVtQhIxDSjADcfKnXUBxG1VjnfDhxSha1GgWMdHwfpJWW8YxQs4i_MbO-Svs5HES4RsN/w640-h426/IMG_6729.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><br /><b><br /></b><p></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437739186183326201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812443271488043321.post-84289790921221270352020-10-19T02:00:00.020-07:002020-10-19T02:00:00.902-07:00The Trip that was: October 19, 2017 /2018<p> Slim pickings today. Not that we didn't do anything, it's likely I was either too lazy, or too busy enjoying the day to take photos. I'm calling that a good thing. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span> </span><span>2017</span></b><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">The morning we left Bruges. We did one last walk through the city before driving back to Amstelveen. This included a trip past the Church of Our Lady, and getting a selfie in front of Half Moon Brewing, which we forgot to do the day before. </p><p style="text-align: left;">The entrance gate to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Our_Lady,_Bruges" target="_blank">Church of Our Lady</a>. Inside is the Michaelangelo's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_of_Bruges" target="_blank">Madonna and Child</a>. It is the only statue done by the artist that left Italy in his lifetime. No photos allowed. But to photograph it would be an injustice to its perfection. </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqDKMCaVE8cqz6ttZw7ypVwRoLWbV0wFrgeHp-c9XX37qogQz3USSDbgXq5SpVYHmKNu33K_0EBKI0RpWBxL2jinvKUuQjI1umUSauoWqMC7N6I7Onoiw7sjLXOO-JktLl09zg0fes3hx/s2048/IMG_5931.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqDKMCaVE8cqz6ttZw7ypVwRoLWbV0wFrgeHp-c9XX37qogQz3USSDbgXq5SpVYHmKNu33K_0EBKI0RpWBxL2jinvKUuQjI1umUSauoWqMC7N6I7Onoiw7sjLXOO-JktLl09zg0fes3hx/w480-h640/IMG_5931.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm trying my best to have crescent moon hair, courtesy of the wind. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYR9xD3PKDnMhvYBS-De715y1sgRbD5XxyWrT-JBgeDhrlsz3atfGfstohHJzpuD2wTJPhS4g9EGSKcs7Gtlttr0pjf8-xH0uGaGWWFF4s1Fc1JcjxTpB4iCqGUWknDb8-MqcelasN-4Dj/s1280/IMG_5938.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYR9xD3PKDnMhvYBS-De715y1sgRbD5XxyWrT-JBgeDhrlsz3atfGfstohHJzpuD2wTJPhS4g9EGSKcs7Gtlttr0pjf8-xH0uGaGWWFF4s1Fc1JcjxTpB4iCqGUWknDb8-MqcelasN-4Dj/w480-h640/IMG_5938.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2018</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>We met up with Dutchboy's old friend who lives in Bakkeveen. We drove to Oostellingwerf to have an afternoon drink and enjoy the warm sunshine in Friesland! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVNXsySM6zzkxShPl7R-ugH8Y5jciysljmjxXKb_eCTVsG5DwDKXuaHMLViobftn1jl126MN0lEIlrpH5SmAT3LXId3Tz5i6R97pEUT839RQgAIxiITxE0ZPLdl1eDMd7Nj9JNqHdLBtE/s2048/IMG_7793.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVNXsySM6zzkxShPl7R-ugH8Y5jciysljmjxXKb_eCTVsG5DwDKXuaHMLViobftn1jl126MN0lEIlrpH5SmAT3LXId3Tz5i6R97pEUT839RQgAIxiITxE0ZPLdl1eDMd7Nj9JNqHdLBtE/w480-h640/IMG_7793.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrUTDThw1b8gnj3nb5dE27FjhwWIYBJVlPpnJnKerOVlwMFSlGxl1llFrGDqhFzsf3TE1sIsjq_7PbT6eZcgCeDiwowxdU0IENemmLMlYVOOK5ZKG4T8AiROlCyqrhH62iF-BE36amy8z/s2048/IMG_7794.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrUTDThw1b8gnj3nb5dE27FjhwWIYBJVlPpnJnKerOVlwMFSlGxl1llFrGDqhFzsf3TE1sIsjq_7PbT6eZcgCeDiwowxdU0IENemmLMlYVOOK5ZKG4T8AiROlCyqrhH62iF-BE36amy8z/w480-h640/IMG_7794.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvTj0Xi8pC5_4uFl2NhsXwZxKq0DIX5Hco8NDtF3qnKr6w1JAeWAAHT7EfLpq2Gu0YdKl5-MmH1MbKRRPcY69GI9VEWLzd8atoB5gz27gsWlHg09bsUujyx-8-rNmqezIBte6Zb9mW9cj/s2048/IMG_7795.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvTj0Xi8pC5_4uFl2NhsXwZxKq0DIX5Hco8NDtF3qnKr6w1JAeWAAHT7EfLpq2Gu0YdKl5-MmH1MbKRRPcY69GI9VEWLzd8atoB5gz27gsWlHg09bsUujyx-8-rNmqezIBte6Zb9mW9cj/w480-h640/IMG_7795.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dinner that night was in Norg, at t'Wapen van Norg. I'll spare you photos of my fish dinner, but will instead share with you dessert. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZEO_DWzKvhdDO-OEeHeyJFJFdVo0QqmWFnYWYEJGvbvF8hQeiPz4PNtDelcLp1TFpVcFEtvCj1R8D0TpOv6opa4xVsciGrbyNxFsmcvRJ4zO8zIr5KPa4D1LbBEvxnIATlpRsPmEinKH/s2048/IMG_7799.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZEO_DWzKvhdDO-OEeHeyJFJFdVo0QqmWFnYWYEJGvbvF8hQeiPz4PNtDelcLp1TFpVcFEtvCj1R8D0TpOv6opa4xVsciGrbyNxFsmcvRJ4zO8zIr5KPa4D1LbBEvxnIATlpRsPmEinKH/w480-h640/IMG_7799.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On that sweet note, Tot Ziens! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span><br /></span></b></p><p><span> </span><span> </span><br /></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437739186183326201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812443271488043321.post-78848036252693062242020-10-18T02:00:00.150-07:002020-10-18T07:10:17.015-07:00The Trip that was: October 18, 2009/2017/2018<p style="text-align: center;"><b> 2009</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Amsterdamse Bos! A walk with the family, and we stopped at the pancake house in the park. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj171X602YtmzE1syI8BAk1GQoFu20HQR2AOMEmwzIGUoy7vZtxlUMsqb0sj0gEoyjP4XlRJFSZ_71jQRBxMwF4IAyk6heooOOyFmYxNVSrQYXkiWeqhK6lwty0JBdPK2IBVReEbMpm2Ew6/s2048/IMG_1149.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1751" data-original-width="2048" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj171X602YtmzE1syI8BAk1GQoFu20HQR2AOMEmwzIGUoy7vZtxlUMsqb0sj0gEoyjP4XlRJFSZ_71jQRBxMwF4IAyk6heooOOyFmYxNVSrQYXkiWeqhK6lwty0JBdPK2IBVReEbMpm2Ew6/w640-h548/IMG_1149.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What children hanging from the roof with a ball and chain on their ankles, or cow waiters have to do with pancakes, I do not know. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCntqVmHyJFRDdDJtgAVyccegufgP7RautJt13XLjxYdxVKHjzLVHNHKNNj9Pm-xJn59BCWqfwFwpYqKOEMxyxmzD85HH-zCyg0N_AfjzSknyNBYEL9jkjdYl4jyoFFhhZz9B2rXIpIzQ/s2048/IMG_1159.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCntqVmHyJFRDdDJtgAVyccegufgP7RautJt13XLjxYdxVKHjzLVHNHKNNj9Pm-xJn59BCWqfwFwpYqKOEMxyxmzD85HH-zCyg0N_AfjzSknyNBYEL9jkjdYl4jyoFFhhZz9B2rXIpIzQ/w640-h426/IMG_1159.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZtRfiomkaZqhmlZTmPi6b8YF8kuYgjjHuNM_JWWlcxHR9fqFWD5h8FuLZ1BlNT1afvi0VJWVYnEvPzcYkvKw-KiA4L_o7i_Z9vl8d7Tf7KtsScirSbUzFcSKwe0Lq9aJ-JxO2GUxy3fO/s2048/IMG_1163.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZtRfiomkaZqhmlZTmPi6b8YF8kuYgjjHuNM_JWWlcxHR9fqFWD5h8FuLZ1BlNT1afvi0VJWVYnEvPzcYkvKw-KiA4L_o7i_Z9vl8d7Tf7KtsScirSbUzFcSKwe0Lq9aJ-JxO2GUxy3fO/w426-h640/IMG_1163.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Soccer Ball man. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qL5vFm0SrjDUbWfR6PsYkeH69V8hXvdC-PO1BPkadrBs3Cop4MH60Zs0DCQi2fBY9Bgul2Kfp05yH_i3PT9NhQge10OEhX37VQg31lDulMzqN-eakhLMNqRfq8ExcLKfyemdYEJEdvn_/s2048/IMG_1164.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qL5vFm0SrjDUbWfR6PsYkeH69V8hXvdC-PO1BPkadrBs3Cop4MH60Zs0DCQi2fBY9Bgul2Kfp05yH_i3PT9NhQge10OEhX37VQg31lDulMzqN-eakhLMNqRfq8ExcLKfyemdYEJEdvn_/w426-h640/IMG_1164.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>2017</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Back to Bruges. 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I backed out of the room, muttering "don't blink, don't blink". Dr. Who has scarred me for life. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj143kxncPtcrQc3xgDBS-C7PQYzvPjQI_-xvoxRUqY0TLdocE5b14dXY0qrkGYMp0-VwmJYD6kNliu3oTdcXFamd_G6WcK60LHXm_QTXRpsNB8cKYuSi5X9-9yLj1zDKIrMwhpidXBtwys/s2048/IMG_5880.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj143kxncPtcrQc3xgDBS-C7PQYzvPjQI_-xvoxRUqY0TLdocE5b14dXY0qrkGYMp0-VwmJYD6kNliu3oTdcXFamd_G6WcK60LHXm_QTXRpsNB8cKYuSi5X9-9yLj1zDKIrMwhpidXBtwys/w480-h640/IMG_5880.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The horse head drinking fountain. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We had tickets to <a href="https://www.halvemaan.be/en/home" target="_blank">De Halve Maan Brewery. </a> A brewery has been on this site for 500 years! The current brewery has been in operation since 1856. Their most popular beers are Brugse Zot ("Bruges Fool"), Straffe Hendrik ("Strong Henri"). In 2016, they completed a crowd-sourced 2 mile long pipeline that carries the beer from the brewery to the bottling plant outside the city, eliminating the need to have trucks driven through the narrow, cobblestone streets. The people who helped build the pipeline were repaid with beer. If you invested €7,500 you receive a free beer every day for the rest of your life. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlHwrYBpK-idp-yevtSqWZt6UL4ZRPZwuVU8aiOo0v0j_j3uBHWZnj8ukac-dEgq_YP8RpCGQdnFxRKU1DI6xyzzKrZSLBi188SmTxMtd0KYh0p5HlM1VHLE2gLTAYqvFy40_sRhAu1rMq/s2048/IMG_5895.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlHwrYBpK-idp-yevtSqWZt6UL4ZRPZwuVU8aiOo0v0j_j3uBHWZnj8ukac-dEgq_YP8RpCGQdnFxRKU1DI6xyzzKrZSLBi188SmTxMtd0KYh0p5HlM1VHLE2gLTAYqvFy40_sRhAu1rMq/w480-h640/IMG_5895.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBGWJt6i5v2Ds0DbxmCcm0v2zSJradzZ6yKPq21g3LQjig_OvArh_AGfuRW_1Gz9owkv-09RN-djMMPkIfRgRnkvxcq7qDFhL8O_dRIT7jyQkcq91tHOKDB9mLOKPC96Eo52Ej8ehpOFZ/s2048/IMG_9071.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBGWJt6i5v2Ds0DbxmCcm0v2zSJradzZ6yKPq21g3LQjig_OvArh_AGfuRW_1Gz9owkv-09RN-djMMPkIfRgRnkvxcq7qDFhL8O_dRIT7jyQkcq91tHOKDB9mLOKPC96Eo52Ej8ehpOFZ/w640-h426/IMG_9071.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The view from the brewery roof was incredible! And worth the price of admission. Well the view and the beer. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQIICJwXtNR9buCkKrxtGpVbpArx-1uZmd7NjX3cG6v2vA4WuMCH7_h-xuOd6Ca3nMQ6dme4R7HdhJ6H4-ysub7ArWf4who2uoBkDZfPSJOrFDySGBup03drAtmT5donoFRkJ38lJT1bL/s2048/IMG_9103.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQIICJwXtNR9buCkKrxtGpVbpArx-1uZmd7NjX3cG6v2vA4WuMCH7_h-xuOd6Ca3nMQ6dme4R7HdhJ6H4-ysub7ArWf4who2uoBkDZfPSJOrFDySGBup03drAtmT5donoFRkJ38lJT1bL/w640-h426/IMG_9103.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGV3N5nYjCb8V-qp-dJ6Er6k4Og9GlTN9iV3UPim-85RJdPwCHVGpUWc3vnAY8wtGG8InggBE2K5p36Q627hI_4smmJHf2I4qOK4u5ytWsCHu8hhpLi99cFbSX_yc-CCbnjdrdoVGw3eUN/s2048/IMG_5900.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGV3N5nYjCb8V-qp-dJ6Er6k4Og9GlTN9iV3UPim-85RJdPwCHVGpUWc3vnAY8wtGG8InggBE2K5p36Q627hI_4smmJHf2I4qOK4u5ytWsCHu8hhpLi99cFbSX_yc-CCbnjdrdoVGw3eUN/w640-h480/IMG_5900.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUaD0Z7tr-OJ5ScMyyQnR2MVKscztvmyN0fokF4XLDiGEjvRhumA28IN9RpMAG5E3kPOhQGxoufoPN6qTdRRBBkKOvZ6Q_NLzq_NwDcMg2onLXqXUeZIMRa1pM0zYNo74gtetLbqgh8_Z/s2048/IMG_5902.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUaD0Z7tr-OJ5ScMyyQnR2MVKscztvmyN0fokF4XLDiGEjvRhumA28IN9RpMAG5E3kPOhQGxoufoPN6qTdRRBBkKOvZ6Q_NLzq_NwDcMg2onLXqXUeZIMRa1pM0zYNo74gtetLbqgh8_Z/w640-h480/IMG_5902.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After the tour, came the beer tasting! You were given THREE full-sized beers. One of which would be a high alcohol beer-- your choice of a dubbel beer 9% or Tripel at 11 %. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rcWIiLGSj6_2KKr38FD2GKSmlyU8TkvqTmWQvUTxS59cXlZG0k3NbCyHoCFO6-BMjvQ_VcHYkNkW9wzla-YhakZ35dwiuAQL2eNx4bNcP5tAm_uERLnnzBYn9syyFgpEvRdhb3wO8jw8/s2048/IMG_9106.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rcWIiLGSj6_2KKr38FD2GKSmlyU8TkvqTmWQvUTxS59cXlZG0k3NbCyHoCFO6-BMjvQ_VcHYkNkW9wzla-YhakZ35dwiuAQL2eNx4bNcP5tAm_uERLnnzBYn9syyFgpEvRdhb3wO8jw8/w426-h640/IMG_9106.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">An extremely rare photo of Dutchboy with a beer in his hand. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8dHgjs3PhfduwSOa7w2Wh4VCLxbm-kC4JxHapPcopEpISp3wPJv3MuVbMug_nPzAwCFtcoRNpK4-rkrqTsBG7CRqwGPmsq4u3zDmHknhDqwFIyo88h3nKshxvv1QT6TinhoH1Eevd0GOd/s2048/IMG_5912.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8dHgjs3PhfduwSOa7w2Wh4VCLxbm-kC4JxHapPcopEpISp3wPJv3MuVbMug_nPzAwCFtcoRNpK4-rkrqTsBG7CRqwGPmsq4u3zDmHknhDqwFIyo88h3nKshxvv1QT6TinhoH1Eevd0GOd/w480-h640/IMG_5912.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyR5M0mVUupyx2PP1CP3o4vKo2aElgGT-37ujRwiEKHtgcVbO8gdw-qz7UjoCUGkoxXZvfOjdE4z4nl6drqfUT4sFfTeqH0tjIGdALKZbocQQ_ckpAucHnjDZRTKJw9iS92cUGBtRB8t3g/s2048/IMG_9110.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyR5M0mVUupyx2PP1CP3o4vKo2aElgGT-37ujRwiEKHtgcVbO8gdw-qz7UjoCUGkoxXZvfOjdE4z4nl6drqfUT4sFfTeqH0tjIGdALKZbocQQ_ckpAucHnjDZRTKJw9iS92cUGBtRB8t3g/w426-h640/IMG_9110.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the men on the tour with us mentioned I had to try this beer. It was super sour. 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I'm just as disgusted as you are.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivNS5KS7TwP5XomLafKIjrJ-Nu2Cb-O3K4e-SjpGBLC9snxM4AfLK1oNcCAuOqN9KPvalNjFnznq7neEhksPT4LUwC6DsbpLIdJMLafL2Zw4rs0oJvekjR6ZlPPaFh8FB-s_t7zi2rHGke/s5472/IMG_6719.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivNS5KS7TwP5XomLafKIjrJ-Nu2Cb-O3K4e-SjpGBLC9snxM4AfLK1oNcCAuOqN9KPvalNjFnznq7neEhksPT4LUwC6DsbpLIdJMLafL2Zw4rs0oJvekjR6ZlPPaFh8FB-s_t7zi2rHGke/w640-h426/IMG_6719.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On that note, Tot Ziens!</div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437739186183326201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812443271488043321.post-64977022701950561792020-10-17T02:00:00.054-07:002020-10-17T02:00:00.374-07:00The Trip that was: October 17, 2009/2017/2018<p style="text-align: center;">2009</p><p style="text-align: left;">Throughback all the way to 2009 now! First days used to always mean Amsterdam. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Vlaamse Frites met Mayo. Only way to go. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYaiHF6koG9AG4w2_huEtYhKL97QuPrP95Uqlr4Ex4Mr8biarEa9JOQPaqmIAZQHtMlRhyMdY8JIZcneaPiTUy4eFTWHABtjm6VMd2VvtD1gJL4t5zvwCtsz9R05BM7ekoQ5jDcKgNIOql/s2048/IMG_0993.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYaiHF6koG9AG4w2_huEtYhKL97QuPrP95Uqlr4Ex4Mr8biarEa9JOQPaqmIAZQHtMlRhyMdY8JIZcneaPiTUy4eFTWHABtjm6VMd2VvtD1gJL4t5zvwCtsz9R05BM7ekoQ5jDcKgNIOql/w640-h426/IMG_0993.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUFsrVVJ8NEV0hMJEX2Y1Z4Daxcqj2AyVJI1olTb4v824R_MWOasFCtFUDqw5PLZ7JRzK3Q29RMrBji3XOjw1NV8_OajF3qlSEbNcW8qC8j8_W2z5EsvnQzxdhIWg_xCGUCxDOrhUz2kRt/s2048/IMG_0996.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUFsrVVJ8NEV0hMJEX2Y1Z4Daxcqj2AyVJI1olTb4v824R_MWOasFCtFUDqw5PLZ7JRzK3Q29RMrBji3XOjw1NV8_OajF3qlSEbNcW8qC8j8_W2z5EsvnQzxdhIWg_xCGUCxDOrhUz2kRt/w426-h640/IMG_0996.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was a carnival on Dam Square, and I convinced Dutchboy to ride the huge ferris wheel with me! The thing is, he doesn't like heights almost as much as I don't like water. But the views were so magnificent, I think he didn't mind it too much. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAQwohwZejzqlEdS5zlg6mmdOAWkNEaxisNNTD6D_gT-l83EWthb5BDuxKZsT0u827ApH7QDP3ybuMzFoClqxCFs2jH1I6IEghrT2yOmVrtfsnVPgtPtQ4CfL5HDxWSefZTKmk9Cf6N97/s2048/IMG_1012.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAQwohwZejzqlEdS5zlg6mmdOAWkNEaxisNNTD6D_gT-l83EWthb5BDuxKZsT0u827ApH7QDP3ybuMzFoClqxCFs2jH1I6IEghrT2yOmVrtfsnVPgtPtQ4CfL5HDxWSefZTKmk9Cf6N97/w426-h640/IMG_1012.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1JZ1V-WrukiR1E0eC1QFW8q-j2Y-OXeJIDnBJxrPrj96-N3EaYX3s8-v2w51-QCv-3OyfqQKxoSREGDi54YQ7xUTGVEIzDVzhLY7kxBDe2kDVrPD-navHXNYPvbcCfp5yn1tqL2cQxtyT/s2048/IMG_1015.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We stopped in for supper at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nam_Kee" target="_blank">Nam Kee</a>. It's legendary and the favorite of many Amsterdammers. Others say it is over-rated. The food was nice, but the memory is better. We were early for supper-- before the crowds would come. There was a wizened man, hunched over a table working, his deft fingers filling and pleating the dumplings. There was no wasted movement, but no rushing. His work was precise, and exuded an air of quiet confidence and zen. It was peaceful joy. I could have watched him for hours. I wanted to take a photo, but it felt intrusive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDo9G88myVcFv9VWAW5R5jAhDy4mvrmCbt1Cx6Hrs1t6dUgWvMtERY2nKUZovACDRCqRUl_F5am2lzSsyKiluOIJQEn4X_HhecYJ7Z3wXYeU5TtfnabsSVTeqsWf1y1qVS92ozVQCkumM/s2048/IMG_1054.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDo9G88myVcFv9VWAW5R5jAhDy4mvrmCbt1Cx6Hrs1t6dUgWvMtERY2nKUZovACDRCqRUl_F5am2lzSsyKiluOIJQEn4X_HhecYJ7Z3wXYeU5TtfnabsSVTeqsWf1y1qVS92ozVQCkumM/w640-h426/IMG_1054.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We took the ferry across the IJ and wandered around a bit.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKC_t5dbRpL1OlIPzGVVwWxeE-0vtKkwA2HjjSnGzFK2vQulALGUi4BgQUtastIVTY1A17LoJcZLL6oP0KP_3IzpmD7qnun7Tzw5gFA2Wp7iEQh90nlcpSSbIJ1pzOKM3xzj7RrSH5fFrC/s2048/IMG_1081.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKC_t5dbRpL1OlIPzGVVwWxeE-0vtKkwA2HjjSnGzFK2vQulALGUi4BgQUtastIVTY1A17LoJcZLL6oP0KP_3IzpmD7qnun7Tzw5gFA2Wp7iEQh90nlcpSSbIJ1pzOKM3xzj7RrSH5fFrC/w426-h640/IMG_1081.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXig2QQNbGu9SARNnSxqkxog1_6ftDIWlrNPCaqsLgWum1W3wW18Dv0ak83XPQmLdKewkSO3tqg4CBr3WM1hBb_YsfAGjdvN7e5-DWab4u5aadrc6aYWartgSF81b35xVeIfOr7zSOfbS/s2048/IMG_1106.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXig2QQNbGu9SARNnSxqkxog1_6ftDIWlrNPCaqsLgWum1W3wW18Dv0ak83XPQmLdKewkSO3tqg4CBr3WM1hBb_YsfAGjdvN7e5-DWab4u5aadrc6aYWartgSF81b35xVeIfOr7zSOfbS/w640-h426/IMG_1106.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Headed home to Amstelveen for the evening. Exiting the tram, we found yet another carnival! But it was quiet and closing down for the evening. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL9Hort9gyErIO8q-fY9uIPcOcQHn4yXBfXhJr2rAgIefStrU4ijPNPF942AhtFEgQRFx8lUM02hPJly8ukj71RSFYxrCN5iroEGGAyWLhrK9kTW34lemjQ__lNfgszHUCncFKrnhgovwX/s2048/IMG_1129.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL9Hort9gyErIO8q-fY9uIPcOcQHn4yXBfXhJr2rAgIefStrU4ijPNPF942AhtFEgQRFx8lUM02hPJly8ukj71RSFYxrCN5iroEGGAyWLhrK9kTW34lemjQ__lNfgszHUCncFKrnhgovwX/w640-h426/IMG_1129.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4vOYVl3z8xEIKZXiP48MBX6NchgDZrQOoBtFlaMgdmMWi7iWg-RaFnRH_LeDKvv1VfAE6Kqeuih-WsGEPYskd6svyH98FRZbtMKYd3tKBqua4bhervjqrWSMYfqLH-Osbp3Vzzn_UOUL2/s2048/IMG_1131.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4vOYVl3z8xEIKZXiP48MBX6NchgDZrQOoBtFlaMgdmMWi7iWg-RaFnRH_LeDKvv1VfAE6Kqeuih-WsGEPYskd6svyH98FRZbtMKYd3tKBqua4bhervjqrWSMYfqLH-Osbp3Vzzn_UOUL2/w640-h426/IMG_1131.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>2017</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On this day, we left Bruges behind for a few hours and went to Ghent, to see the <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/inside-the-ghent-altarpiece%C2%A0-lukas-art-in-flanders/jAJymZszGRczIA?hl=en" target="_blank">Ghent Altar Piece</a>. I won't be showing you the altar piece today, as no photos are allowed. Dutchboy and I had recently watched the movie Monuments Men prior to going on this trip, and we both knew we wanted to see the Michelango in Bruges and the Ghent Altar Piece. I really wasn't expecting much from the Van Eyck work. It's fairly primitive, and I generally don't like that. It's deeply religious, also not a fan. However, standing in that darkened room, with this large piece opened before you, it's magnificent. Almost overwhelming. The link I provided doesn't being to do it justice, but if you're interested in learning more, it's a great place to start. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ghent feels old...ancient. More so than other old cities I've been to. It's worn. It's...nice. For some reason, I can remember almost every street we walked, and remember the feel of it more than most. It's a strange feeling. Oh, and I apologize for the quality of the photos. The camera settings were not properly set, and we didn't notice. Ah, well. 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It was some sort of protest. But great foreshadowing, no??</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik1AvOf7fJwFXmKpMsfLbTd4IUrctYeT__BGhwjLHIvgnxgct5ihDNkgWnSA_RB_rlkqPd94dHUwF9zryHDZMTue9BXETIxAOZTZ5-YQ4sPLo_EQ4si91Ni2EgwHe1OLQsVO57D7Q2hyMD/s2048/IMG_8940.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik1AvOf7fJwFXmKpMsfLbTd4IUrctYeT__BGhwjLHIvgnxgct5ihDNkgWnSA_RB_rlkqPd94dHUwF9zryHDZMTue9BXETIxAOZTZ5-YQ4sPLo_EQ4si91Ni2EgwHe1OLQsVO57D7Q2hyMD/w426-h640/IMG_8940.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM0kOaBs9oztXC0x0zkE6kvdtxMXwitjGmtrrb3CpkDy8tJ_qIsmZVQ4SlBMsraT0bLshZ7F5XhOvs9zIXLKHA4pz-eJtAZSdYR5l2_HV9fyIl_v_-NUxwADNfp364hfGY2zneug-kC5nN/s2048/IMG_5856.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Monument to the <a href="https://visit.gent.be/en/see-do/van-eyck-brothers" target="_blank">Brothers Van Eyck.</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhizdynOWXFKdYBiGL4PLG8aA1eg7E1aWhBdnSKLx2u0kBaXxlbw1QEa2wdfCV-fGc9DYpUUFegFl14XnXQL16vRb_VOdlrNMZYkMFUB0Aqir1JcWBoKfS7chA9CS6oIJwNZvKnWfay5dM/s2048/IMG_5867.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhizdynOWXFKdYBiGL4PLG8aA1eg7E1aWhBdnSKLx2u0kBaXxlbw1QEa2wdfCV-fGc9DYpUUFegFl14XnXQL16vRb_VOdlrNMZYkMFUB0Aqir1JcWBoKfS7chA9CS6oIJwNZvKnWfay5dM/w640-h480/IMG_5867.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Tot Ziens!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437739186183326201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812443271488043321.post-45473129181210341462020-10-16T02:30:00.150-07:002020-10-16T02:30:00.952-07:00The Trip that was: October 16, 2017<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruges" target="_blank">Bruges</a>. Canals, cobblestones, romantic old-world charm. Small, quaint, walkable. </p>We stayed in a "hotel" called <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">de Loft.</a> (The stepped roof building at the end of the street!) It is a former lace school, built in the 1920's. We found out later that Dutchboy's Mum took classes and stayed at the school! How random is that?!?!? The current owners, live on the property and rent out four rooms. There is a seperate entrance for guests, so it's not a true bed and breakfast. It's reasonably priced, clean, and quiet. They owners were so nice,and the location was fantastic. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Ljw47QSxE7_pSjHfeBR3cjyE8NdTDgbvugkx4cuwoUn_PjsYfuXxu4mH700rOpRaKsf_lngmr4rX14bmZdnPT7Iswtwx_IJrLln9dsTDMKc_a7XCFwnkmF1X2g8m8uei42jJboEoHDRG/s2048/IMG_8736.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Ljw47QSxE7_pSjHfeBR3cjyE8NdTDgbvugkx4cuwoUn_PjsYfuXxu4mH700rOpRaKsf_lngmr4rX14bmZdnPT7Iswtwx_IJrLln9dsTDMKc_a7XCFwnkmF1X2g8m8uei42jJboEoHDRG/w426-h640/IMG_8736.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But I have to admit, the layout is a bit quirky. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-pMPi6cBQml4D6P3NpCpp_ZmwNm0uIoXq3imjbsLLiMR7OK0UTHUWtrx6KjTXA3gC-PgUPVnmLeh1JRr62Wmuc7f0gRJdJ_oE87TjN8JJPMf4_YzVPcx1xSjX1O3UxZHlsq8mV48br_f/s2048/IMG_5780.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-pMPi6cBQml4D6P3NpCpp_ZmwNm0uIoXq3imjbsLLiMR7OK0UTHUWtrx6KjTXA3gC-PgUPVnmLeh1JRr62Wmuc7f0gRJdJ_oE87TjN8JJPMf4_YzVPcx1xSjX1O3UxZHlsq8mV48br_f/w480-h640/IMG_5780.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You look over the bedroom wall into the bathroom. There's no ceiling, it's open to the bedroom above. If you've got a bathroom privacy hangup, don't stay in this room. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6moXCb5DH73Lag4OSR4iLp2kmRqkOKON9qLpCt0uZdAe2pEHpnRv19Vhu7nH1Zz6CvuuOHGr1hiqmDu0WZwew_HZnY16yPsei7dO7Pc_9sJibTBJywobaqSBEfjZpNKBOwLXayvHzjYB/s2048/IMG_5782.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6moXCb5DH73Lag4OSR4iLp2kmRqkOKON9qLpCt0uZdAe2pEHpnRv19Vhu7nH1Zz6CvuuOHGr1hiqmDu0WZwew_HZnY16yPsei7dO7Pc_9sJibTBJywobaqSBEfjZpNKBOwLXayvHzjYB/w480-h640/IMG_5782.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I guess people had issues with their color choices, too, because they have since re-done the bathroom with sedate, and boring, beige tile. Still open concept though. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6KZ9FvgALNLwyG_7wNHF7etUBxTDwnjEroveJhecTaPXOuBMnApmurSe6MmHqiIb8TDnT6NL7x-ouC2Nj4VBAM1pVwLs8wRMU_2qYvC9mqmsf_8eZRaO2G0ybdwNsj6hjk_j1NdhFk-dO/s2048/IMG_5781.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6KZ9FvgALNLwyG_7wNHF7etUBxTDwnjEroveJhecTaPXOuBMnApmurSe6MmHqiIb8TDnT6NL7x-ouC2Nj4VBAM1pVwLs8wRMU_2qYvC9mqmsf_8eZRaO2G0ybdwNsj6hjk_j1NdhFk-dO/w480-h640/IMG_5781.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The narrow lane leading to our hotel. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojQDGn5mO4FExCHVJo1jJFRWr8TsfuERFdlIgbdNm0IV9VWbzx92U72vpA5k6fPw-SYMm-Ffj7dNPNj-juhVmyEKflQT5OxazA05lIfisTmRftKe3-fCpnSXOe0EGIyOz5MSd3SYlCpgL/s2048/IMG_5785.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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But Dutchboy has to get his GPS to triangulate. It's NECESSARY. And it was. We got terribly lost one night in Bruges. We couldn't find where we were on the map, and couldn't get GPS to work. We thought we might never find the hotel again! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTQTQ_QG7858sWApQAKk_dRcHukWPKAst1zlUfmXhN3K6oI0t4RKiT4qKuPLVxT1BCG1qx-E6OOLCkNDvdjFJWOqZUT07fd-loozETuAraJXFvIh8dZFCtwff3roGQoXKTZ2hFm_JqHlr/s2048/IMG_8765.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTQTQ_QG7858sWApQAKk_dRcHukWPKAst1zlUfmXhN3K6oI0t4RKiT4qKuPLVxT1BCG1qx-E6OOLCkNDvdjFJWOqZUT07fd-loozETuAraJXFvIh8dZFCtwff3roGQoXKTZ2hFm_JqHlr/w426-h640/IMG_8765.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMZvhlsrHsPzLoXJqHHvV-lGXTUoUmZLINXMDmPMrT6W2Jya1H5lYLm8vG6TANwmTKfqAeiwHeHmxnL-2Y3SwTzEvkV8lu2RGfBmdgNiGjMtajXl_s8cRQg0Zd2oUmQHmz7zgYvlMqObg/s2048/IMG_8767.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Walking on the beach, stopping for beer. Good times. The black heart shape in the sand was where I found a heart-shaped rock that had to come home with me </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Bugrb1cFC65iDOIrXk2B1zYB-2jaB7gXbhyphenhyphenoPyz0vi6c-cycx3N7gfrvIdnBXQ9tAeWL8C_m8oP3jx6Qipl9jRaqCMTxd53bnn-TweMq5cVT-7VrSVIBcFT5f7cXevR3uiAmsMtNqzE2/s2048/IMG_8730.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Bugrb1cFC65iDOIrXk2B1zYB-2jaB7gXbhyphenhyphenoPyz0vi6c-cycx3N7gfrvIdnBXQ9tAeWL8C_m8oP3jx6Qipl9jRaqCMTxd53bnn-TweMq5cVT-7VrSVIBcFT5f7cXevR3uiAmsMtNqzE2/w426-h640/IMG_8730.JPG" width="426" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84Hzi9Tma8OAdAeXHKgDv-4vYJS-7dMJ_41rnqtzRoovTFeKpa2H_jdHzxFkxNPiWUBsG5lBmLOniCddht-MBm8wbpePc3O52aBj4EZTgFSCeFgADXTpM3VnqLdvg8aWS6dgw44PG7_bJ/s2048/IMG_5767.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84Hzi9Tma8OAdAeXHKgDv-4vYJS-7dMJ_41rnqtzRoovTFeKpa2H_jdHzxFkxNPiWUBsG5lBmLOniCddht-MBm8wbpePc3O52aBj4EZTgFSCeFgADXTpM3VnqLdvg8aWS6dgw44PG7_bJ/w480-h640/IMG_5767.JPG" width="480" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>2018</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Views of Delft. The Old Church and New Church. The tomb of William of Orange. Some things viewed in the past, and some new things, too. 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I love this photo, with the very old iron gates juxtaposed with the city in the modern city rising in the distance. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0adl2A_RsJxE8NfIdNVcsEvC7XQpuSWsMB2Krw07C7jTlzMehpMKeHAencEu0dMLeXAhcOC0M8LawcOYXTJgYsfDsZdkyNHEvhk1hdyWsopzaufnZKVjiEnqsN5xx7i_7TqdA66Gk_Lf/s2048/IMG_5715.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0adl2A_RsJxE8NfIdNVcsEvC7XQpuSWsMB2Krw07C7jTlzMehpMKeHAencEu0dMLeXAhcOC0M8LawcOYXTJgYsfDsZdkyNHEvhk1hdyWsopzaufnZKVjiEnqsN5xx7i_7TqdA66Gk_Lf/w480-h640/IMG_5715.JPG" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Into the Binnenhof we go.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAiYrb0CoVha4KfzKgDmmvFoWzOwhyvv7QAcU7hx6qn3QmmodQRbBN_bPL1Q4qjgP6_3FesJW2HbmxKgkre6Zc-XEuDU1OzmJQXCD1E00EZPGpNjgmd8O7IhcXiQD5GJpqvUwEqsIWMuIp/s2048/IMG_5716.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAiYrb0CoVha4KfzKgDmmvFoWzOwhyvv7QAcU7hx6qn3QmmodQRbBN_bPL1Q4qjgP6_3FesJW2HbmxKgkre6Zc-XEuDU1OzmJQXCD1E00EZPGpNjgmd8O7IhcXiQD5GJpqvUwEqsIWMuIp/w480-h640/IMG_5716.JPG" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">This time we were there for a tour of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridderzaal" target="_blank">Ridderzaal (Knight's Hall</a>) and also a visit to the Tweede Kamer <a href="https://www.government.nl/topics/parliament/senate-and-house-of-representatives" target="_blank">(House of Representatives)</a>. I believe we've seen the inside of the Ridderzaal already, but this time it's so clean and neat, not under construction. This is where <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem-Alexander_of_the_Netherlands" target="_blank">King Willem-Alexander</a>, with Queen Maxima at his side, delivers his <a href="https://www.royal-house.nl/topics/role-of-the-head-of-state/speech-from-the-throne" target="_blank">Speech from the Throne on the third Tuesday in September</a>. </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlehaBBK5_0BSq7Lf5c-Um_3FEI0E4n7z75ELVqeZFWj69JMN_ARRhX1yl2ZIFo6U41u-gpVuCJFKkTZO30tdOAz8n52DF25wRvPZCAAZhsdkjblYp0VETNvql9nxhadKMXaWypQUnT0v0/s2048/IMG_5730.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlehaBBK5_0BSq7Lf5c-Um_3FEI0E4n7z75ELVqeZFWj69JMN_ARRhX1yl2ZIFo6U41u-gpVuCJFKkTZO30tdOAz8n52DF25wRvPZCAAZhsdkjblYp0VETNvql9nxhadKMXaWypQUnT0v0/s320/IMG_5730.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXj8uH9ijqAuYiJqU1WzcdUiQiAKPYKA0wRmiLBDMyvE3uzrfwg_GAg_Ph_qA6oBi2kbUBqDj4gV88fPuDBqLZGobrAFsilUPDvqAYprRTXkfZnSjkJdqq81HHhj5GlZcEb5n2ZMQuhIr/s2048/IMG_5737.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXj8uH9ijqAuYiJqU1WzcdUiQiAKPYKA0wRmiLBDMyvE3uzrfwg_GAg_Ph_qA6oBi2kbUBqDj4gV88fPuDBqLZGobrAFsilUPDvqAYprRTXkfZnSjkJdqq81HHhj5GlZcEb5n2ZMQuhIr/w480-h640/IMG_5737.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">This is a miniature of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Coach_(Netherlands)" target="_blank">Golden Carriage</a> that carries the Royals to the Ridderzaal to deliver the speech. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDqF8p8FHjw" target="_blank">You can see their arrival at a previous Prinsjesdag</a> on YouTube. Though we have likely seen<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/netherlands-retire-carriage-dutch-golden-coach-180975791/" target="_blank"> the last of this golden coach, because of racist depictions on the side panels of the coach. </a> It is being retired from service.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEituqvbWPyNVHTvg-Ac9-SEajCvUve8Whq5WAXs1enQJr2oCToOYG-kxW4cy9on-Eo0_YUnVKxu9uPTgHYpT9uMRQ2W7JlqnCyO6fiZ6Nw9lRbuRgm9hJYoV6pHeFjRrD8o-2ahDTzajJ2x/s2048/IMG_5743.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEituqvbWPyNVHTvg-Ac9-SEajCvUve8Whq5WAXs1enQJr2oCToOYG-kxW4cy9on-Eo0_YUnVKxu9uPTgHYpT9uMRQ2W7JlqnCyO6fiZ6Nw9lRbuRgm9hJYoV6pHeFjRrD8o-2ahDTzajJ2x/w640-h480/IMG_5743.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Posing with the former Queen, Princess Beatrix. We haven't discussed the Dutch Royals, or as Dutchboy calls them, the Royal Muppets. I adore them. My first knowledge of the then <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_of_the_Netherlands" target="_blank">Queen Beatrix </a>came in the form of an Architectural Digest in my early teens. My sister subscribed to the magazine, and I devoured the beautiful photography every month. It was a dream printed on paper. One issue featured Queen Beatrix in her palace. Oh, to be Queen! I never forgot that photo of Beatrix, standing in her long gown and her crown, in a gilded, ornate room. I also never dreamed I would see some of the palaces and stand there myself!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhs7dV5xjerlWPvPHSZ_ivh8ZwRVKURqMXbI2jsjH2yknZGqPoTns5i6FrYO-UWn9pSIL1kYLeDrSW33hs1jyw-MeR_lK0BaOxfgE88f5HTbA3JT6KXHKWoUk8EGRnmzyQhkaq-gJFEWu/s2048/IMG_5727.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhs7dV5xjerlWPvPHSZ_ivh8ZwRVKURqMXbI2jsjH2yknZGqPoTns5i6FrYO-UWn9pSIL1kYLeDrSW33hs1jyw-MeR_lK0BaOxfgE88f5HTbA3JT6KXHKWoUk8EGRnmzyQhkaq-gJFEWu/w480-h640/IMG_5727.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>When she abdicated in favor of her son, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4812443271488043321/3751158427829961133#">Maxima</a> became the Queen Consort, and fills the role admirable. She is a beautiful lady with a good head on her shoulders, holding a Masters Degree in Economics and currently serves as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA). She is very active in European Commerce and Trade, as well as immigration issues in the Netherlands. Not to mention Maxima has AMAZING taste in fashion and jewelry. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4812443271488043321/3751158427829961133#">Follow the link for a nice documentary about Maxima.</a> Want to be shallow and sigh at pretty clothes and jewels? Check out <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4812443271488043321/3751158427829961133#">Modekoningin Maxima on Facebook.</a> Yes, I freely admit I'm a Royalist.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We walked past the Prime Minister's office on the way to the <a href="https://www.houseofrepresentatives.nl/" target="_blank">Tweede Kamer. </a> Sorry that I can't show you the inside of the House of Representatives, but no cameras were allowed inside. And it's pretty boring looking, I promise. This photo is much prettier. And the links provided tell you more than you're likely wanting to know about Dutch multi-party politics.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1olayzbbKQJqodxKZplmr6YhtWAV9ecfMPITt36QtGSBIfoH0T3JcBie-EsK4-ez22kaai7xluvXn5kMPMs1tDHk0UQK7Hih1dmDAaaMSJWqLs5tHBZgseV4mFsALt5jxDGYEDscRW7ZH/s2048/IMG_5717.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1olayzbbKQJqodxKZplmr6YhtWAV9ecfMPITt36QtGSBIfoH0T3JcBie-EsK4-ez22kaai7xluvXn5kMPMs1tDHk0UQK7Hih1dmDAaaMSJWqLs5tHBZgseV4mFsALt5jxDGYEDscRW7ZH/w480-h640/IMG_5717.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The afternoon saw us back at the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4812443271488043321/3751158427829961133#">Gemeente Museum, Den Haag</a>. Now know as Kunstmuseum Den Haag. I'm afraid I have very little to offer, other than the artsy shots of the family. <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9DmHK4rAwYKjJu0SvIHxp5T44GW1x3ZdHzN8Y-5mvVpeDj1qm2Ln2mPCAt5UJXsNTly-5Mgl3wE-r8a1BrkUhmci0QpY_Z-2FwfWOXXJTlTJX65NHQkc_jIt-ffiG54upgLeofnerGe5_/s2048/IMG_8676.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9DmHK4rAwYKjJu0SvIHxp5T44GW1x3ZdHzN8Y-5mvVpeDj1qm2Ln2mPCAt5UJXsNTly-5Mgl3wE-r8a1BrkUhmci0QpY_Z-2FwfWOXXJTlTJX65NHQkc_jIt-ffiG54upgLeofnerGe5_/w426-h640/IMG_8676.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Can you name the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian" target="_blank">famous Dutch artist</a>? <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Stijl" target="_blank">The style</a>? <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Boogie_Woogie" target="_blank">And the painting?</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAHjMI80XZxKEy1TCyPYWHXc8EYqxOwxVtV9F2E3pprOAIXDX6ocjc11kgoAf0t7l8LBOsW-GUQo7dPjU4A6eP4p6IsWvMimzVuGnZgyANw8wAkxRnjifoOIOccl1XL4ZfXIOYm6abtWQ/s2048/IMG_8688.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAHjMI80XZxKEy1TCyPYWHXc8EYqxOwxVtV9F2E3pprOAIXDX6ocjc11kgoAf0t7l8LBOsW-GUQo7dPjU4A6eP4p6IsWvMimzVuGnZgyANw8wAkxRnjifoOIOccl1XL4ZfXIOYm6abtWQ/w640-h426/IMG_8688.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They're not impressed with me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBeTBfuWjG2tff2PnC3iNjXXAC8Wn-sYzHKnglOxAApw0f5HZgPsHdFXKDsk3JMhwtS9bYzMWcU4AbbcgCvN4b3LNbHOKXgJ38gW6HrxoU3VbdUi_cTSBXDau-ljQ-MSG8gITP_nQfhove/s2048/IMG_8690.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBeTBfuWjG2tff2PnC3iNjXXAC8Wn-sYzHKnglOxAApw0f5HZgPsHdFXKDsk3JMhwtS9bYzMWcU4AbbcgCvN4b3LNbHOKXgJ38gW6HrxoU3VbdUi_cTSBXDau-ljQ-MSG8gITP_nQfhove/w640-h426/IMG_8690.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFJ1dZXLeOs-x8zMIxdjn28gA8E3fP4BmR-BeNbJ81oLDBjJvlTaMStw3mCQSsfpqSRqJvgmA078niQANlRS__oXKcApm6jnFqO7uACGWq2JRQRMxahVJClpnKgWlPZVAWHItUF1tBZdc/s2048/IMG_8711.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFJ1dZXLeOs-x8zMIxdjn28gA8E3fP4BmR-BeNbJ81oLDBjJvlTaMStw3mCQSsfpqSRqJvgmA078niQANlRS__oXKcApm6jnFqO7uACGWq2JRQRMxahVJClpnKgWlPZVAWHItUF1tBZdc/w640-h426/IMG_8711.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>2018</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">We started out the day by going to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laren,_North_Holland" target="_blank">Laren</a>, one of the wealthiest and bougiest towns in the Netherlands, and home to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer_Laren" target="_blank">Singer Museum.</a> The museum houses the collection of American artist William Henry Singer and his wife Anna. But on this day, we were there for an exhibition of the late impressionists. </p><p style="text-align: left;">This piece caught my eye. Maybe because she is reading, maybe because it's so colorful. Maybe because she is either bored out of her skull, or deeply engrossed. </p><p style="text-align: left;">The Reading Woman by George Desvalliers (1913)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6nZ8YCtsuG4523D9Q-VwMnMucxdhbFGcfJegBDNDE5vkOBdqXKJs4cAmy3O1Ln319oarOdhYg7RfEepsi7tmCu0o88OTuMYmA4r1f4UvuH7G7w9xcreWeP3k4wuxo-FXjb6u0cKjwAvG-/s5472/IMG_6567.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6nZ8YCtsuG4523D9Q-VwMnMucxdhbFGcfJegBDNDE5vkOBdqXKJs4cAmy3O1Ln319oarOdhYg7RfEepsi7tmCu0o88OTuMYmA4r1f4UvuH7G7w9xcreWeP3k4wuxo-FXjb6u0cKjwAvG-/w640-h426/IMG_6567.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">One of the nicest thing about Singer Laren is the their lovely garden.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJtN6bruIkY3aPNN6fSmZ20bcGxQXd2ZlI-Umeu79wDa85ABoxy12W8zeiCmAED5cZWV7KAsedaebvnXySIbuey6XwaDnKVDI6XIv5Jpr9DP89EeOjV8MwYzW338tJ1y1nTA-t5NyWSY_/s5472/IMG_6577.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJtN6bruIkY3aPNN6fSmZ20bcGxQXd2ZlI-Umeu79wDa85ABoxy12W8zeiCmAED5cZWV7KAsedaebvnXySIbuey6XwaDnKVDI6XIv5Jpr9DP89EeOjV8MwYzW338tJ1y1nTA-t5NyWSY_/w640-h426/IMG_6577.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi620urF4JR1LVb3r_caPdf3JCp_d0ddY8omxzvJW5X-BEXOGCTGZu-yMUh0Y3DD20Us8lLKnNH5mqfnNniR1AyW2O78lST_M5NWgGc0FRsgJL7I1VfNycylBEtNx1E5U36OqczeiStj2xF/s5472/IMG_6578.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi620urF4JR1LVb3r_caPdf3JCp_d0ddY8omxzvJW5X-BEXOGCTGZu-yMUh0Y3DD20Us8lLKnNH5mqfnNniR1AyW2O78lST_M5NWgGc0FRsgJL7I1VfNycylBEtNx1E5U36OqczeiStj2xF/w640-h426/IMG_6578.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IpLZgiQ1dQWe7J52PEpHvb726WO6zEYNz6YTu2U7UXXZsGeReO-UvZqBRZvLFrjo5alzJZjmKOg5uOBwt_RSuic32oTuFNqdLPrcdYR24uFu_FRCg_mUC_pTEqAUC7Ak1FqdnVLUxZ3Z/s5472/IMG_6579.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IpLZgiQ1dQWe7J52PEpHvb726WO6zEYNz6YTu2U7UXXZsGeReO-UvZqBRZvLFrjo5alzJZjmKOg5uOBwt_RSuic32oTuFNqdLPrcdYR24uFu_FRCg_mUC_pTEqAUC7Ak1FqdnVLUxZ3Z/w640-h426/IMG_6579.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBAD2NVR_0VicWvlOMascqi1xrwC11quAwO1EAoEwUP6W-tXd32VcNVZuETUIYwz1i3m9izQyw1DHoHUcgCHFmUzUt3mw9xdgd-U90iu4UdPSXit2tZ8ZRrU6rmVov6GkwWqXae3IKINm/s5472/IMG_6580.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBAD2NVR_0VicWvlOMascqi1xrwC11quAwO1EAoEwUP6W-tXd32VcNVZuETUIYwz1i3m9izQyw1DHoHUcgCHFmUzUt3mw9xdgd-U90iu4UdPSXit2tZ8ZRrU6rmVov6GkwWqXae3IKINm/w640-h426/IMG_6580.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">After being dropped off in Amstelveen, we went into Amsterdam for an evening snack and beer at <a href="https://cafehoppe.com/" target="_blank">Cafe Hoppe</a> on the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spui_(Amsterdam)" target="_blank"> Spui</a>. Spui is a square in the city center, known for it's weekly Book Market, and it's abundance of bookstores. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76S_FkB-IX3FVgVdnA83scNyReD12bmd1QI5mGhut3lfE_2Tz-HO_a1WardG-Z_1vKozyvISPf_XkaKiGzaR2ScojbY_y4rAhAI30dFJGnCnrP1T6BrUMTMEiMyGKFpkS113P6Dupb7-R/s2048/IMG_7754.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76S_FkB-IX3FVgVdnA83scNyReD12bmd1QI5mGhut3lfE_2Tz-HO_a1WardG-Z_1vKozyvISPf_XkaKiGzaR2ScojbY_y4rAhAI30dFJGnCnrP1T6BrUMTMEiMyGKFpkS113P6Dupb7-R/w480-h640/IMG_7754.JPG" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"> Anyway, back to the photos. Remember, when you're traveling to put down your phone and talk to strangers. It's okay. They won't bite. I was texting with my friend, Sarah, and told her I was having a drink in a cafe with two young guys sitting almost in my lap. She said, "PROVE IT!" I thought, why don't I talk to them?? So, I leaned over and asked if I could take a photo with them. They laughed and agreed. We ended up talking quite a bit, and found out that one of the guys had an American mother! I bought a round for our new friends. Talk to the locals. You might be surprised. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM2QW40j1GVc-N9to2V-LHCi2NPb0ZC4imF3VsymHS8C5Ud87dGsqHZrhMelYp60YCo2Max8vCi77KE9eoue9KMVx4_xhZItXTUZ0rrsbF1bafOWoDYj2HKLSOW5ZqCDl9tQPLCaqBukoN/s1280/IMG_7766.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM2QW40j1GVc-N9to2V-LHCi2NPb0ZC4imF3VsymHS8C5Ud87dGsqHZrhMelYp60YCo2Max8vCi77KE9eoue9KMVx4_xhZItXTUZ0rrsbF1bafOWoDYj2HKLSOW5ZqCDl9tQPLCaqBukoN/w480-h640/IMG_7766.JPG" width="480" /></a></p><div><br /></div>On the way home, we were inundated with orange soccer hooligans! No harm done. It was all in good fun. Though we heard later there was a very serious brawl at one of the cafes, with several people injured. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyLJDA6z0Jit7HyxxTKD0Slup1XNCiy6oBt_u_nblNyL8_fRdmtWLQwlw1kMo3VumTAZvZzDuvrzuhEs2LS3GM7WQ8VicjklztE__cSOqFM2Y7iW00ig6TA9oySo5H7dpESHykyN_qHZS/s2048/IMG_7761.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyLJDA6z0Jit7HyxxTKD0Slup1XNCiy6oBt_u_nblNyL8_fRdmtWLQwlw1kMo3VumTAZvZzDuvrzuhEs2LS3GM7WQ8VicjklztE__cSOqFM2Y7iW00ig6TA9oySo5H7dpESHykyN_qHZS/w480-h640/IMG_7761.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Tot Ziens! </b><p></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437739186183326201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812443271488043321.post-10145503483131755252020-10-13T02:00:00.038-07:002020-10-13T05:37:44.078-07:00The Trip that was: October 13, 2018<p style="text-align: center;"><b>2017</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">At the Boijmans Museum in Rotterdam. And I'm sharing with you one of the greatest forgeries of all-time. When this painting came on the market in 1937, it was proclaimed to be a lost work of Vermeer. There was much interest in it, and the curator at the Boijmans curator snapped up the painting, before the Rijksmuseum could put together funding. Later, while on trial after World War II, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_van_Meegeren" target="_blank">Han van Meegeren </a>admitted that he was the creator of this piece. It was a forgery. It's now on display, with the story behind it, and correctly attributed to van Meegeren. If you're interested at all in art, and art history, I highly recommend the book written about Han Van Meegeren, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Was-Vermeer-Twentieth-Centurys-Greatest/dp/1582345937" target="_blank">I was Vermeer: The rise and fall of the Twentieth Century's greatest art forger by Frank Wynne.</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7a8SPTOcceH6k8nM2zaboaTg9bs7O9pbGucHqITTsPoDfoAH0G72k-_tDwRdXnj68VwqhfgM_DujpaspnqvdHx9X9JG_yRWKoubVxo0kwQgG80cqM8HjCjVJJj_2ozmMLBRQu_HHnfzq/s2048/IMG_5700.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7a8SPTOcceH6k8nM2zaboaTg9bs7O9pbGucHqITTsPoDfoAH0G72k-_tDwRdXnj68VwqhfgM_DujpaspnqvdHx9X9JG_yRWKoubVxo0kwQgG80cqM8HjCjVJJj_2ozmMLBRQu_HHnfzq/w640-h480/IMG_5700.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b> 2018</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">The Hermitage Amsterdam. It is always worth a visit, even if you have NO interest in the exhibition. Why?? Because they simply know how to build an exhibition and display it to squeeze every ounce of magic out of it they can. This exhibition was "Classic Beauties". It included sculptures and paintings. I'm mainly showing you the sculptures, because they were truly beautiful. There is a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkpX8-Qofs0&feature=emb_logo" target="_blank">short documentary</a> available on Youtube if you're interested in seeing the exhibition for yourself. </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmeNeQpe_WNX7oCMO8eGgLNUyzMPAZsYcZEryfrzKped_nV8_ZNa4NW-Tepz6TxrAgbUuoPKsUZfwnUy3QtNIvSrmUOHgcmsL8PbXlTNFf1PIgppX34sTEgEr0AroWsd2G8nOwhs2jbWj0/s5472/IMG_6487.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5472" data-original-width="3648" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmeNeQpe_WNX7oCMO8eGgLNUyzMPAZsYcZEryfrzKped_nV8_ZNa4NW-Tepz6TxrAgbUuoPKsUZfwnUy3QtNIvSrmUOHgcmsL8PbXlTNFf1PIgppX34sTEgEr0AroWsd2G8nOwhs2jbWj0/w426-h640/IMG_6487.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigoOC0IPlQjBmdcDGtg6xPN6TG61APqA03-BtImRpW1wODk3iT0zuX2tkaMJAy0vSFylo5gUR9BF9W8nkE784_jS-2Ht3Y4m0syIOyHxhF2K9PNvLSv1YoL0iK9x6k4pkutSXborGpmKKD/s5472/IMG_6506.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">No matter how serious the exhibition there is always time to be silly and play with the props and sets that all museums seem to have these days! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHO1wO5kItefnaRxuSbJcCvat1NQchAkHjTJCVW8zKfvxuS9FDpFscuxXgXTvURX786hS-SzV4foPCLYLnnm1lXW-1ewEctbp9vac6bhsgzspc_Ybs3WtprwuMMHouh98tJM-4xoNjpgLj/s5472/IMG_6522.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHO1wO5kItefnaRxuSbJcCvat1NQchAkHjTJCVW8zKfvxuS9FDpFscuxXgXTvURX786hS-SzV4foPCLYLnnm1lXW-1ewEctbp9vac6bhsgzspc_Ybs3WtprwuMMHouh98tJM-4xoNjpgLj/w640-h426/IMG_6522.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTfTi4zm6OKkqbCmC4htP2F3-oCOIyTIet-TlVH0o7mIk3V5OJJS4mUg5TsnM291QNVUOLq7DM0rACvH1bhO5LaL15zsME3mVu2ygSHr2Dna1LGOMdEOZyoxWQFnjXdD7G043XluIE3-d/s5472/IMG_6531.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And towards Waterlooplein and the Stopera. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLRDE5FsaGk8gQvkFQ9RGp_m_zH0YiXEr9tbOa2xB5likRxImmyXaHhXKv4zDhLVpnkKOtdovdgbzdGBCvxoGmvV1Ct9yLXaP4l8lSIBVi-Ov3PoluIol0a4YnLGjFLz9WjFSEsOW3HHu/s5472/IMG_6541.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLRDE5FsaGk8gQvkFQ9RGp_m_zH0YiXEr9tbOa2xB5likRxImmyXaHhXKv4zDhLVpnkKOtdovdgbzdGBCvxoGmvV1Ct9yLXaP4l8lSIBVi-Ov3PoluIol0a4YnLGjFLz9WjFSEsOW3HHu/w640-h426/IMG_6541.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437739186183326201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812443271488043321.post-30355721169128074492020-10-12T02:00:00.001-07:002020-10-12T02:41:41.730-07:00The Trip that was: October 12, 2016/2017<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>2016</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Back in Amsterdam and back on the water! A canal cruise with friends Lucien and Marijke! What I remember most?? It was SOOOOO COLD!!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2uf3SkDXs8QOeB8JEjX-__-d6i-CayGrvdofOa47PA7XNt7DV4ycEBcKLgJV_pvsD5HqHUtgbIec8Vg3rxiwlnmYXEx6YQCxP9XtPX5OZ6jB_uxk7Pd7SVQ4iuctBYePd_VQqidbTonb/s2048/IMG_3402.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2uf3SkDXs8QOeB8JEjX-__-d6i-CayGrvdofOa47PA7XNt7DV4ycEBcKLgJV_pvsD5HqHUtgbIec8Vg3rxiwlnmYXEx6YQCxP9XtPX5OZ6jB_uxk7Pd7SVQ4iuctBYePd_VQqidbTonb/w480-h640/IMG_3402.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The Blue Bridge<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTETy-cq4S9QbC3kEnySij69bqVOGtYqp05xtKJ096Ju0oxx-6I_yRyEukW3cSPvFT7K-YHebAbdxCl9CQ0ef4JZnjItnNEzn_8H1JuCU5UaZbHYHbOgC2Ei1RTCR3rTKjWn__NKgrg8L/s2048/IMG_3403.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKV3fgQDzrgVAtMpBuFC4d8qsXpjtijrsNro-CWJj76HiOLQTqgLyVRgX8IP5NYKyxsHXvIjvUTujCLpsrMSu91bOGCsrjrMjGe8_u-pFrjaSrKH0iA2etIqs73kluxQvfQohIxFOx6gG/s2048/IMG_3436.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKV3fgQDzrgVAtMpBuFC4d8qsXpjtijrsNro-CWJj76HiOLQTqgLyVRgX8IP5NYKyxsHXvIjvUTujCLpsrMSu91bOGCsrjrMjGe8_u-pFrjaSrKH0iA2etIqs73kluxQvfQohIxFOx6gG/w640-h640/IMG_3436.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lucien is one of Dutchboy's oldest friends. So I get to claim him as one of mine, too! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQ-6qc7BWzfhmYrfKRLUjIMUgT6ljAsO2P4wqt-wbzUYkyQ65yGN-Zd8vOKBQXYkKgtMYsNUxaO1UTjOSUnMAxZygMqE6gg5ZzglEnjAZRx5755RZLnpZ9j0udUDNf6Rck4yIdTY1MKVo/s1599/IMG_3438.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="899" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQ-6qc7BWzfhmYrfKRLUjIMUgT6ljAsO2P4wqt-wbzUYkyQ65yGN-Zd8vOKBQXYkKgtMYsNUxaO1UTjOSUnMAxZygMqE6gg5ZzglEnjAZRx5755RZLnpZ9j0udUDNf6Rck4yIdTY1MKVo/w360-h640/IMG_3438.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's why I hope he won't mind me appropriating <a href="https://youtu.be/ekKfw7Vq6gc" target="_blank">the video he made.</a> :-) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ekKfw7Vq6gc" width="320" youtube-src-id="ekKfw7Vq6gc"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>2017</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Gouda. Better weather this trip. And more photos! And...the missing video I mentioned earlier has been found. It was just a different trip, on a later date<b>! </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.european-traveler.com/netherlands/holland/visit-gothic-stadhuis-gouda-south-holland/" target="_blank">The Stadhuis (City Hall) of Gouda</a>. The oldest Gothic stadhuis in the Netherlands, and certainly the most impressive!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9p8dKAgsx2TXfmFVpBAZ5-fAwcB4HbyfXJLp_kF-9ZZkYFU7Q9JJFrsdEQSHhVHDLdt-SiQXzQjOOwXKVoHb2G8z6R8U3f4wxL2EeBCUry6sDXwRKb0IdQE9EVFDDEy8ir4T7w3H9abd0/s2048/IMG_8667.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9p8dKAgsx2TXfmFVpBAZ5-fAwcB4HbyfXJLp_kF-9ZZkYFU7Q9JJFrsdEQSHhVHDLdt-SiQXzQjOOwXKVoHb2G8z6R8U3f4wxL2EeBCUry6sDXwRKb0IdQE9EVFDDEy8ir4T7w3H9abd0/w426-h640/IMG_8667.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZ7d0yJYNNZRxrTmDGlTB1aGin8cnv_rfxUZMH395mgpeTM0hWMQyWHmjKuRr0hClhewf4JyZr0VrKqsjCC1bv_PY05OFw_jqKV7WYkevDkYst2tfoXaj5UrxaB6wZut55cNQT_SxNXJm/s2048/IMG_8540.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Welcome back! 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She was a fascinating lady! At the end of the exhibition, you could choose your quote and pose with the photo of Marilyn.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvLpmEUbMy-bZP2FX3IMbGZhP9qYd_PlYapP1X5zZbo0H1NhMPKXM-x6HYB-oDS7bnErc8LloactA6so_ShT6V1kPQVjUnIcUY6HPKMmbbEY4qtMVm-Ngo-h84JiepVtsFS8PS-AD5uNO/s2048/IMG_8014.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvLpmEUbMy-bZP2FX3IMbGZhP9qYd_PlYapP1X5zZbo0H1NhMPKXM-x6HYB-oDS7bnErc8LloactA6so_ShT6V1kPQVjUnIcUY6HPKMmbbEY4qtMVm-Ngo-h84JiepVtsFS8PS-AD5uNO/w426-h640/IMG_8014.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfG3uUb0mHcaJUPfKS-Qi0XENYMWutzxk80WStaMD8kXZ38mIrZHgSlVth1kfeq7PGCuREydTy6RTIsKocyKpFLMVSVXkUpveVzM6ihYrlWIusrAYLRm4rufT98SqHSeAhxPTN_-Qm1fi/s2048/IMG_8017.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfG3uUb0mHcaJUPfKS-Qi0XENYMWutzxk80WStaMD8kXZ38mIrZHgSlVth1kfeq7PGCuREydTy6RTIsKocyKpFLMVSVXkUpveVzM6ihYrlWIusrAYLRm4rufT98SqHSeAhxPTN_-Qm1fi/w426-h640/IMG_8017.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2x2CVJFSeEwwLHMnuYDPp6ltjTQEwlRyhDuiQNAcuUjKHmxbIqATAaqHtaEOhlMq4nhNPhM6T5BCr2MKvIPyGSU07M_yjsZYysgC-MJzx20523IG0cNfRpJgrtn1HgU127PWtdUBTlmsv/s2048/IMG_8021.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2x2CVJFSeEwwLHMnuYDPp6ltjTQEwlRyhDuiQNAcuUjKHmxbIqATAaqHtaEOhlMq4nhNPhM6T5BCr2MKvIPyGSU07M_yjsZYysgC-MJzx20523IG0cNfRpJgrtn1HgU127PWtdUBTlmsv/w426-h640/IMG_8021.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>2017</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A trip to<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zandvoort" target="_blank"> Zandvoort </a>with our friends, Lucien and Wendy! A lovely beach town. A lot of people call this "Amsterdam beach", but it really isn't that close. Nor is it anything like Amsterdam<b>. </b>This is the end of the line...the train station!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkZg1qI6zmt2bCHmoLlRPhg2T2e0BQfqjQNY-wBnNWC-qlWsy6hdvDMM84O97EmDMX0OpS1FvBUV72lEa_syzY-14oMgzOlFEdM6lrnUST1uFUCzqAiXiIthjxKUNS0tj0W3gvXNBsv7E/s2048/IMG_5541.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkZg1qI6zmt2bCHmoLlRPhg2T2e0BQfqjQNY-wBnNWC-qlWsy6hdvDMM84O97EmDMX0OpS1FvBUV72lEa_syzY-14oMgzOlFEdM6lrnUST1uFUCzqAiXiIthjxKUNS0tj0W3gvXNBsv7E/w640-h480/IMG_5541.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ2w-ioG4lgR4ZiQndS5JdxSlR5nUrdP6M2bLtrDLdU9JORKcVi4jILG5lHg9xQyQC47LDVHdtHak_ffmz-K4lBv7_lBe3yNXRYRKlV3RUgkUA48rihyQ_FCzcpJ-UwrQiY3466Dq4oKOc/s2048/IMG_5544.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ2w-ioG4lgR4ZiQndS5JdxSlR5nUrdP6M2bLtrDLdU9JORKcVi4jILG5lHg9xQyQC47LDVHdtHak_ffmz-K4lBv7_lBe3yNXRYRKlV3RUgkUA48rihyQ_FCzcpJ-UwrQiY3466Dq4oKOc/w480-h640/IMG_5544.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There were some intricate and beautiful sand sculptures in front of the station. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiw4Gk3pOZIC8PWhMPzjpdPiCaJ41MBbhl26-NCaSzGhdHlrOLPst3bJqrnkpcLs5keqyowC5cjRRDabj1p5RlXeyY4Kflklqbn_ih3Epa4PzGxd72pSSg_prIa8dWQXVz0Eh4xqEAT4_4/s2048/IMG_5545.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiw4Gk3pOZIC8PWhMPzjpdPiCaJ41MBbhl26-NCaSzGhdHlrOLPst3bJqrnkpcLs5keqyowC5cjRRDabj1p5RlXeyY4Kflklqbn_ih3Epa4PzGxd72pSSg_prIa8dWQXVz0Eh4xqEAT4_4/w480-h640/IMG_5545.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgRSiT4Nvcy-b-1hmdx4GY9pNFkBoFD-8MUVapo44vi5NlFzmweXDavCZsz0PDPkTcKYsQ5XuTVHv74QAnCW408SvsgjFjZpS2aZE3Le0J9iuMCJyxt87dVl4W1H30ZVM3IrSVTMFlbym/s2048/IMG_5546.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgRSiT4Nvcy-b-1hmdx4GY9pNFkBoFD-8MUVapo44vi5NlFzmweXDavCZsz0PDPkTcKYsQ5XuTVHv74QAnCW408SvsgjFjZpS2aZE3Le0J9iuMCJyxt87dVl4W1H30ZVM3IrSVTMFlbym/w480-h640/IMG_5546.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Friends. <3<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKitnINGMlwW0eihnsjXWfsTa6rdjn6VoWaHKFcY4j6vHWqqQVsSYFSld1A-N5HNyARSbDYuOS-mLxsoDBzYjrGf2lYcb5aVF4NrfeFs4E6nC2Rqz2vmqommV7IaOkA3MDrBzHuXfUNZU/s2048/IMG_5604.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKitnINGMlwW0eihnsjXWfsTa6rdjn6VoWaHKFcY4j6vHWqqQVsSYFSld1A-N5HNyARSbDYuOS-mLxsoDBzYjrGf2lYcb5aVF4NrfeFs4E6nC2Rqz2vmqommV7IaOkA3MDrBzHuXfUNZU/w640-h480/IMG_5604.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In Zandvoort, there is a statue of the Empress Elisabeth of Austria, affectionately called Sissie. She fell in love with Zandvoort during her stay in Amsterdam while seeking medical treatment. This is my best melachloy royal longing for the sea look. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQl3T11m1_bEMyLqRqeucxv7gnC14Vl5Jv_Ro0J_KapCvVwbHQLDq-9VEiZ0g5OcRnYfoRii-07ZNPNpTpL6Cu2TUm0DCU_je_odZ7Ezm1QnKhEJCHU5pFJCtE_sachO1TswQcb907sZ7/s2048/IMG_5613.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQl3T11m1_bEMyLqRqeucxv7gnC14Vl5Jv_Ro0J_KapCvVwbHQLDq-9VEiZ0g5OcRnYfoRii-07ZNPNpTpL6Cu2TUm0DCU_je_odZ7Ezm1QnKhEJCHU5pFJCtE_sachO1TswQcb907sZ7/w480-h640/IMG_5613.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had a brief tour of the <a href="https://zandvoort.biz/en/museum/9396/juttersmu-zee-um.html" target="_blank">beachcomber's museum</a>. Some of the stuff that washed up on shore is on display. Quite a random collection of junk! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT8q-68dp9t48oJ5RHMoQaPu3RLm7qUmxCGbM0jTuElkjqe-PrayiZvSIeYXj4LoIkejPI_rhsmZt_1SjpeUAsBBS7pz-_ioYSwEaqUdk5r5rMvSndGBi7gIbTAWzN42zizAbw1y23JG8M/s2048/IMG_5605.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT8q-68dp9t48oJ5RHMoQaPu3RLm7qUmxCGbM0jTuElkjqe-PrayiZvSIeYXj4LoIkejPI_rhsmZt_1SjpeUAsBBS7pz-_ioYSwEaqUdk5r5rMvSndGBi7gIbTAWzN42zizAbw1y23JG8M/w480-h640/IMG_5605.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6VqbaDJUxzvAEWo9I4JyNzianrFi84aEbT1ZdXQ2UviYQSTA92-Ccni2LDsfnzDmtiC4clvT1snzNMtx84nZfwIagyRNzqkLkvuc8h61GwcvgtoOU_buv4Q4wKdZ15OeoI1hVAJYgQOW/s2048/IMG_5607.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6VqbaDJUxzvAEWo9I4JyNzianrFi84aEbT1ZdXQ2UviYQSTA92-Ccni2LDsfnzDmtiC4clvT1snzNMtx84nZfwIagyRNzqkLkvuc8h61GwcvgtoOU_buv4Q4wKdZ15OeoI1hVAJYgQOW/w480-h640/IMG_5607.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A Dutchoy <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5MixxrLvtU" target="_blank">beach review of Zandvoort.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/o5MixxrLvtU" width="320" youtube-src-id="o5MixxrLvtU"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChyU6fWORhIeeqF-FsqhgOGrGEwrmDxayZDTOkCjOeavW6O6_rTdGUpWWJu7BgawnyC_BNlZa50nF44ReEoKt8iImakI5ARMaLxtbk_2SKi0Ie6uyVLYCytme9osXJCazHT2iEozvBF_q/s2048/IMG_5618.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChyU6fWORhIeeqF-FsqhgOGrGEwrmDxayZDTOkCjOeavW6O6_rTdGUpWWJu7BgawnyC_BNlZa50nF44ReEoKt8iImakI5ARMaLxtbk_2SKi0Ie6uyVLYCytme9osXJCazHT2iEozvBF_q/w480-h640/IMG_5618.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I can make friends with any statue. Guaranteed. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyzi_qHcS9uTZU6NljHRP4FcqGa2OBCiZvEhyhaHMw4XDYPO1pyFdLn7njy7VJNEbfRUjrOpj3cL-RM29tTA4gU6w9pyK0O7DT3VzUFKAnLR4tgZicKNxs6LXTq8spHr6Ylhj13bojm5b/s2048/IMG_5625.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyzi_qHcS9uTZU6NljHRP4FcqGa2OBCiZvEhyhaHMw4XDYPO1pyFdLn7njy7VJNEbfRUjrOpj3cL-RM29tTA4gU6w9pyK0O7DT3VzUFKAnLR4tgZicKNxs6LXTq8spHr6Ylhj13bojm5b/w480-h640/IMG_5625.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvWVw5JWDxa7m65vk3quJ0Cwag2l9SbzdpOYhztYYqj35br6LnpcilT9o2whoQ5eXqJggGxR3-Wd8Fr58NfwOfVpmVO8F8dg3K1FhVxsnbApWizalKjh3nYzgY07y6LGZ6GKaB9VeTZhw/s2048/IMG_5640.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvWVw5JWDxa7m65vk3quJ0Cwag2l9SbzdpOYhztYYqj35br6LnpcilT9o2whoQ5eXqJggGxR3-Wd8Fr58NfwOfVpmVO8F8dg3K1FhVxsnbApWizalKjh3nYzgY07y6LGZ6GKaB9VeTZhw/w640-h640/IMG_5640.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyC8ysjKzcVNHbz9BtqNg3DvGYAQIwBohmY8gSqsxRahMSv1oAj1GKr5wHwLBOVgml-5qktk6er1DJzBojlCD4kTL2UHh2gOjxd_SEZQ-oSik4Cz0aWWhFDMLmdssEdUcVCAxNwkX7QZtT/s1599/lucien+photo+zandvoort.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1599" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyC8ysjKzcVNHbz9BtqNg3DvGYAQIwBohmY8gSqsxRahMSv1oAj1GKr5wHwLBOVgml-5qktk6er1DJzBojlCD4kTL2UHh2gOjxd_SEZQ-oSik4Cz0aWWhFDMLmdssEdUcVCAxNwkX7QZtT/w640-h360/lucien+photo+zandvoort.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Walking through the <a href="https://awd.waternet.nl/" target="_blank">Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen</a>. Whew. That's a mouth full. The water supply dunes for Amsterdam. It's a lovely place to hike. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiua8awgUlKtsyVqzmsHuG09kh3WQX9MRTrUVlqBXNrSMmvHYX6O9iHmzCrPXImJbvcdTM3JCt-FpJccTGLDhyx3IEKInpnrrzNYHeg_NowbNPO3M9cut30MfZEltr9GF8Hn4-cVa7p_GO3/s2048/IMG_5643.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiua8awgUlKtsyVqzmsHuG09kh3WQX9MRTrUVlqBXNrSMmvHYX6O9iHmzCrPXImJbvcdTM3JCt-FpJccTGLDhyx3IEKInpnrrzNYHeg_NowbNPO3M9cut30MfZEltr9GF8Hn4-cVa7p_GO3/w480-h640/IMG_5643.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUgcM5OoN-pxKg9f_KhBZW8gR7udyfwohOUq-GYcyvJLxAaB3DjaXBlIpvymXVTPKjKkbQlcjLxjibeewf7DvCr4nLx13S_LVltVyiquBAhJ9OF7lSvMkfoW0LK1qSkMnCU89I3CxNWpJ/s2048/IMG_5645.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUgcM5OoN-pxKg9f_KhBZW8gR7udyfwohOUq-GYcyvJLxAaB3DjaXBlIpvymXVTPKjKkbQlcjLxjibeewf7DvCr4nLx13S_LVltVyiquBAhJ9OF7lSvMkfoW0LK1qSkMnCU89I3CxNWpJ/w480-h640/IMG_5645.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrQ7jUdATWggGSsNxljcdPqVgaQPZ1eyqolfkYw5CRW09ouAyeYm67LgSHagwXcWSWh7VfTlJsab_p1n6LobTvdApdDYarlu4vpHJ0K2XYijdfFZgzzlpVhOOm_jBeS8nqWRNEnZiLHYG/s2048/IMG_5654.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrQ7jUdATWggGSsNxljcdPqVgaQPZ1eyqolfkYw5CRW09ouAyeYm67LgSHagwXcWSWh7VfTlJsab_p1n6LobTvdApdDYarlu4vpHJ0K2XYijdfFZgzzlpVhOOm_jBeS8nqWRNEnZiLHYG/w480-h640/IMG_5654.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Two bucks facing off.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rUA97aV3ZXQ2sMKXbtyLtHpoTuynV1mYrPHBvhoVJOpkz7XUj1kuYM9ZSoCWRCiiSUhdtS3MITeeZvzztFZS7X4biINJaoSPK1QCMiRNFCkBnqoIlacLT0tlRcZ-zP5BAGmMkqcdeikS/s2048/IMG_5663.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rUA97aV3ZXQ2sMKXbtyLtHpoTuynV1mYrPHBvhoVJOpkz7XUj1kuYM9ZSoCWRCiiSUhdtS3MITeeZvzztFZS7X4biINJaoSPK1QCMiRNFCkBnqoIlacLT0tlRcZ-zP5BAGmMkqcdeikS/w480-h640/IMG_5663.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lucien took one of my favorite photos of me, ever. Peekaboo!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzfUcGE6tuILw_JjlGnTyvyTuvX2xzODpq2pRcZxIvJ_1tq3zblUJL3keV1mlqIXPobs-QjzP9M6jEHMXZwVHqtLS6FhKMVsS5AggbMNd2LSFBtBkkw8nZj74HK80EKPVnN6H9je0SkgQ/s1599/lucien+photo+me.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1599" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzfUcGE6tuILw_JjlGnTyvyTuvX2xzODpq2pRcZxIvJ_1tq3zblUJL3keV1mlqIXPobs-QjzP9M6jEHMXZwVHqtLS6FhKMVsS5AggbMNd2LSFBtBkkw8nZj74HK80EKPVnN6H9je0SkgQ/w640-h360/lucien+photo+me.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> 2018</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Back to the <a href="http://www.boqueria.barcelona/home" target="_blank">Mercado de la Boqueria</a>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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But I still didn't feel well, and all that hiking wasn't going to make me feel better. We adjusted our plans and I got on a boat to head out on the Mediterranean for a couple of hours. Clearly the blow to my head affected my judgement. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTkscevUkWt1HJTXXU1rH2roP7kN1Ouj-HkMAMuYjbhrDdztlnh-q40ZeNkkGajVKZyOFFQC6XBOx713T6QZaRhYc23jut73LfzetiZY0RPfmeUIuQQgV3_Iuzzz8YxznYfbohyphenhyphenpAQAEj/s5472/IMG_6377.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTkscevUkWt1HJTXXU1rH2roP7kN1Ouj-HkMAMuYjbhrDdztlnh-q40ZeNkkGajVKZyOFFQC6XBOx713T6QZaRhYc23jut73LfzetiZY0RPfmeUIuQQgV3_Iuzzz8YxznYfbohyphenhyphenpAQAEj/w640-h426/IMG_6377.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmoyhFUzYEZusUtRfIwIbYd8kSz65xZB9QrU7-JiNxjtRt8hynnXOkR4ZDLTBi4JpeEPZMskXMP55ABsgl2hUAgRLqxN8AZIshDA_x-KYzlqkKg6CnjPNW7ABLTuzrw2FTeVEjsKlrgr9/s5472/IMG_6378.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmoyhFUzYEZusUtRfIwIbYd8kSz65xZB9QrU7-JiNxjtRt8hynnXOkR4ZDLTBi4JpeEPZMskXMP55ABsgl2hUAgRLqxN8AZIshDA_x-KYzlqkKg6CnjPNW7ABLTuzrw2FTeVEjsKlrgr9/w640-h426/IMG_6378.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwY63YQu0khfGPIy-BZbfK4AZozxkrmNcXkdUhZeDvCYwAusybt64hDnjN1FJREMIQY0AOZlpOA05METfsfBK6dQP1PyFVixRiVPYusCivWHY6PtRO3WHGooSd-zbI0PMiLeHJuWfQAI7/s5472/IMG_6386.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwY63YQu0khfGPIy-BZbfK4AZozxkrmNcXkdUhZeDvCYwAusybt64hDnjN1FJREMIQY0AOZlpOA05METfsfBK6dQP1PyFVixRiVPYusCivWHY6PtRO3WHGooSd-zbI0PMiLeHJuWfQAI7/w640-h426/IMG_6386.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>You can't even see the panic in my eyes, can you?! Dare I say I look happy to be about to drown in a boat that you can look through the edges of the boat and see the water sloshing around?!? <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFy72pRfMtG5RaZo29cr1woIwO1kaF2xoT-8x0rnG9A6pshc2J_xEHxvq1ocYZfwQAjnB8AYSTJxuvd1Fr5VlXHN-TcyprrLSqWEuwWiP1H1ba85dLDT3q7Ai90xZHWy9V3f877V8Rsynj/s5472/IMG_6406.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFy72pRfMtG5RaZo29cr1woIwO1kaF2xoT-8x0rnG9A6pshc2J_xEHxvq1ocYZfwQAjnB8AYSTJxuvd1Fr5VlXHN-TcyprrLSqWEuwWiP1H1ba85dLDT3q7Ai90xZHWy9V3f877V8Rsynj/w640-h426/IMG_6406.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDk5WSMsHaCrWHd9W_YCl-SHb4dl7Lf1E8iQ4P5vU0NjY7hON_gsuoaXN2bJqFFc1nCZdIAipGv-e6LQ1xOt7169wxnsYxIAYZOo36lHCzO_OtyvNH4UtqCPcob4_TRyp_qBiVt9BSrDSV/s5472/IMG_6411.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDk5WSMsHaCrWHd9W_YCl-SHb4dl7Lf1E8iQ4P5vU0NjY7hON_gsuoaXN2bJqFFc1nCZdIAipGv-e6LQ1xOt7169wxnsYxIAYZOo36lHCzO_OtyvNH4UtqCPcob4_TRyp_qBiVt9BSrDSV/w640-h426/IMG_6411.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIRfEnVpGYzV22MowKiIOItG7ez1v5BpDaPC_OZIKNELvdTWStNxYV0cX96306g3F0vI0DnmhUatKscoldexLSNyN2hxDGMbJhRFLiG3bSHqBwD9cYoDrWf3mVz8drP8gDUHiczSTuLku/s5472/IMG_6416.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIRfEnVpGYzV22MowKiIOItG7ez1v5BpDaPC_OZIKNELvdTWStNxYV0cX96306g3F0vI0DnmhUatKscoldexLSNyN2hxDGMbJhRFLiG3bSHqBwD9cYoDrWf3mVz8drP8gDUHiczSTuLku/w640-h426/IMG_6416.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The Sagrada Familia standing tall, with her cranes and lifts.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiksNp9fafrd3DakxH-kQXBDZbrhJ2DikktiEETRnwqcWZwiZYFLy5gKYD4umBXjTt7b3MW-1IYwGJJXL9szyPWcOgrJexRGLVOCzMvzirVWDwxoXen_aKLv1mMyTLL8yZBFX4QLrf3V4x/s5472/IMG_6419.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiksNp9fafrd3DakxH-kQXBDZbrhJ2DikktiEETRnwqcWZwiZYFLy5gKYD4umBXjTt7b3MW-1IYwGJJXL9szyPWcOgrJexRGLVOCzMvzirVWDwxoXen_aKLv1mMyTLL8yZBFX4QLrf3V4x/w640-h426/IMG_6419.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Back on dry land, we took a leisurely stroll through the streets. We had no destination in mind. 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The walls have sprouted eyes. 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Our last dinner in Barcelona. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYGytR2_6TQ0UCyOgQlPM1vmKgmIlG6VSbPRx6VQ3Y0rZnAegwU8e1NhZRP64eKaGIcdAzwTxCxnINtUy2cA0Zsf-XdysGzfVc9UFRRuIme0oV6mXFgdPoju9Gpn4DGdjH5BWiijXIwbQr/s5472/IMG_6485.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYGytR2_6TQ0UCyOgQlPM1vmKgmIlG6VSbPRx6VQ3Y0rZnAegwU8e1NhZRP64eKaGIcdAzwTxCxnINtUy2cA0Zsf-XdysGzfVc9UFRRuIme0oV6mXFgdPoju9Gpn4DGdjH5BWiijXIwbQr/w640-h426/IMG_6485.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1I3emRR_qSlgPyrDbz-NJxUfTNEoYXdHVkwJyaZhACYBHXIKkXZbuyuBcJwMqMYTbIqxUddAOfdHDn5NJhinYLvTI3lBX8afAvSHpBbuCbrWfULOp4hiCCSMBE93lzrMI4FlVBMEgL2MR/s5472/IMG_6480.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1I3emRR_qSlgPyrDbz-NJxUfTNEoYXdHVkwJyaZhACYBHXIKkXZbuyuBcJwMqMYTbIqxUddAOfdHDn5NJhinYLvTI3lBX8afAvSHpBbuCbrWfULOp4hiCCSMBE93lzrMI4FlVBMEgL2MR/w640-h426/IMG_6480.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuKaXznNlSe5kGzQyYg44qacxVCXnaGiCYSNWEQ665o3-UhWGarszlb8aRRId6xcXT1wOHS30nl0UMgf3B5IVEohKLEplgRm5_FGJnJnwxWX7Sn_TtCkT0BhbR27yZ72LVeSdGcXwxNvVh/s5472/IMG_6481.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuKaXznNlSe5kGzQyYg44qacxVCXnaGiCYSNWEQ665o3-UhWGarszlb8aRRId6xcXT1wOHS30nl0UMgf3B5IVEohKLEplgRm5_FGJnJnwxWX7Sn_TtCkT0BhbR27yZ72LVeSdGcXwxNvVh/w640-h426/IMG_6481.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34st1UKUZIT0pLfppaOyqAbE_wQiVRm-uqtuhZ3GwFHFGrFSVC8Aiqs1_NTvFDkfVYnOipXgmkNC7ywjowtqpSBcIW-9ZJWuZHGAu2cWH8iYs0r5HazsPa4bfmifxJzYrdLIKxbxC4El5/s5472/IMG_6482.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34st1UKUZIT0pLfppaOyqAbE_wQiVRm-uqtuhZ3GwFHFGrFSVC8Aiqs1_NTvFDkfVYnOipXgmkNC7ywjowtqpSBcIW-9ZJWuZHGAu2cWH8iYs0r5HazsPa4bfmifxJzYrdLIKxbxC4El5/w640-h426/IMG_6482.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tot Ziens! </div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><br /><b><br /></b><p></p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437739186183326201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812443271488043321.post-20099098208400074962020-10-10T02:00:00.202-07:002020-10-10T10:03:55.499-07:00The Trip that was: October 10, 2016/2017/2018<p style="text-align: center;"><b> 2016</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Scenes from Alkmaar. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Where there is a beer museum. YES. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8XADESYnLnuLewjgI3Zfl7dYA8VEE7wpO24_HhwHY2x9vucNNpCbjyMDLZuobV-stOn400NhBoV5HMjgXxyenDt1IlCbtVA_xuEihyNAFvhTxpIBY7pMGfgTvR33AQrm0qq17z2K-c71Y/s2048/IMG_3381.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8XADESYnLnuLewjgI3Zfl7dYA8VEE7wpO24_HhwHY2x9vucNNpCbjyMDLZuobV-stOn400NhBoV5HMjgXxyenDt1IlCbtVA_xuEihyNAFvhTxpIBY7pMGfgTvR33AQrm0qq17z2K-c71Y/w480-h640/IMG_3381.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7ONq2z3jLSuV-Cw87tvdIsb08T0pWdWi_GV1vlMKNIwCNuyXlpY_N0Rqy0sQrz9fDDXF5ShdkPjoNKIkl0nQZjyuU6p4BleoU0Ik2YhFQpBUMLWZcAsaPhtZRJgWvJuDrxvzpvXnFuSB/s2048/IMG_3389.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7ONq2z3jLSuV-Cw87tvdIsb08T0pWdWi_GV1vlMKNIwCNuyXlpY_N0Rqy0sQrz9fDDXF5ShdkPjoNKIkl0nQZjyuU6p4BleoU0Ik2YhFQpBUMLWZcAsaPhtZRJgWvJuDrxvzpvXnFuSB/w480-h640/IMG_3389.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I see this view of Dutchboy a lot while we're traveling. He's always trying to get his GPS to work. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCcBlhfHoOgswengM8JHCoZE6viEAhAD8Yc7AtUjF7Jp23JOK4Ol2oUnP0HxefGosSreY-rKTD9z2EtWQPQGi1cFy-oc9TjTy6jExOAwZkDESHDF2XQDwvgsg0BN2jTDNEt_nPZvEI4ptM/s2048/IMG_3390.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCcBlhfHoOgswengM8JHCoZE6viEAhAD8Yc7AtUjF7Jp23JOK4Ol2oUnP0HxefGosSreY-rKTD9z2EtWQPQGi1cFy-oc9TjTy6jExOAwZkDESHDF2XQDwvgsg0BN2jTDNEt_nPZvEI4ptM/w480-h640/IMG_3390.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS1ZfpGVO25QyvO5cZnjGOuF1B2eEATg-aKHEcwbBpKASIGvd9QAbbxC1DXvPpnAqGJEFQYDCw6HUBNLGDXA0XUfAQMR2FqOlNjEiVbyMdnkt7kbx1i7Kc46aUKTmL-lX1dWKFviUxu36e/s1280/IMG_3393.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS1ZfpGVO25QyvO5cZnjGOuF1B2eEATg-aKHEcwbBpKASIGvd9QAbbxC1DXvPpnAqGJEFQYDCw6HUBNLGDXA0XUfAQMR2FqOlNjEiVbyMdnkt7kbx1i7Kc46aUKTmL-lX1dWKFviUxu36e/w480-h640/IMG_3393.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiS3crS0cSQuWdjChGDZEKEFoPF1lSdhEyosfYPkMJmzs7bLNHxvoMcBxPegsJTpajgPpESGea3-H0MqPPncaPggX1MtLdPAxdlkrxAHEBfPsZ6AUrvhTIcuY65BVOSo7iwUcjadrS3qHd/s2048/IMG_3394.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiS3crS0cSQuWdjChGDZEKEFoPF1lSdhEyosfYPkMJmzs7bLNHxvoMcBxPegsJTpajgPpESGea3-H0MqPPncaPggX1MtLdPAxdlkrxAHEBfPsZ6AUrvhTIcuY65BVOSo7iwUcjadrS3qHd/w480-h640/IMG_3394.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwbkm2rnQ2Pq0PkLIKjsQUOXPIApKxlo25iqEtE0vwxHuJiN3AdYI9zV97bLc2CSC72fA1W2-xsLr9bSaDr0oswlWgZpj4aSKBVVr-8BNtTg0pdRblNteTMTnKn9K7LrH_smbjK5mdyH8J/s2048/IMG_3398.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwbkm2rnQ2Pq0PkLIKjsQUOXPIApKxlo25iqEtE0vwxHuJiN3AdYI9zV97bLc2CSC72fA1W2-xsLr9bSaDr0oswlWgZpj4aSKBVVr-8BNtTg0pdRblNteTMTnKn9K7LrH_smbjK5mdyH8J/w480-h640/IMG_3398.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b>2017</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Utrecht. Dutchboy had an idea!! Let's go to the <a href="https://nijntjemuseum.nl/?lang=en" target="_blank">Nijntje Museum!</a> Nijntje, or Miffy, is a beloved book character created by illustrator Dick Bruna. Everybody loves Miffy!</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOjY4DJYCa-Kug2B-VKkATlbfgycltXyilV2epqZBr2JHIGrJCMHpQiW1c6OUrf5Gg2R-GPIx2Bo2XscbFk5YP1AtprLQhEsJ7jcm9MUSmjZSWgfDRig05AZQBU3C-pazpiN6j2t5RmJ7/s2048/IMG_8500.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOjY4DJYCa-Kug2B-VKkATlbfgycltXyilV2epqZBr2JHIGrJCMHpQiW1c6OUrf5Gg2R-GPIx2Bo2XscbFk5YP1AtprLQhEsJ7jcm9MUSmjZSWgfDRig05AZQBU3C-pazpiN6j2t5RmJ7/w426-h640/IMG_8500.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0iwmyLQjR1sxCUv8ozBwxiDs0GMXhDseAyBtGqnViqO7sgXMLMImvEx14Nrrlb9w8xn8_9uWoAGjk2IlnUPtzAJ4WueF4ZzTtwA3UyMXc-Wlqzvess1YmFrLYQwVcION7cl6jJRw4M6MJ/s2048/IMG_8501.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0iwmyLQjR1sxCUv8ozBwxiDs0GMXhDseAyBtGqnViqO7sgXMLMImvEx14Nrrlb9w8xn8_9uWoAGjk2IlnUPtzAJ4WueF4ZzTtwA3UyMXc-Wlqzvess1YmFrLYQwVcION7cl6jJRw4M6MJ/w426-h640/IMG_8501.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Playing it cool with Miffy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYFpHno1VBnFtt5KyZRpicTcXYVaIIO1CtSE_HvM7mZEoSsENfgnjQaXtxQmFT6Ti1UOWyJMSMvnm8Ej439kpm-clI8bEzFhoJPqjYCKwLQyRTKDfj1oDBr1F8G6PKnVWbbsUWB78EwYu/s2048/IMG_8507.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYFpHno1VBnFtt5KyZRpicTcXYVaIIO1CtSE_HvM7mZEoSsENfgnjQaXtxQmFT6Ti1UOWyJMSMvnm8Ej439kpm-clI8bEzFhoJPqjYCKwLQyRTKDfj1oDBr1F8G6PKnVWbbsUWB78EwYu/w426-h640/IMG_8507.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But Dutchboy loves her so much!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOLTLPmnHi-WB9KHN0HAfqEUSRMz6pdugXUrl-btxtLyGkoUWo1BZ7u8fMsqrxLeRjRwlAK-RWKQrRt4M6Y68d4I8qZ_w9zzaytquHiwk2dPUYJ4jiVTmj3QE2XL062Zr6MLcZXU02krv/s2048/IMG_8508.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOLTLPmnHi-WB9KHN0HAfqEUSRMz6pdugXUrl-btxtLyGkoUWo1BZ7u8fMsqrxLeRjRwlAK-RWKQrRt4M6Y68d4I8qZ_w9zzaytquHiwk2dPUYJ4jiVTmj3QE2XL062Zr6MLcZXU02krv/w426-h640/IMG_8508.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As much as I love Miffy and Dick Bruna, it really is a children's museum. I was eager to see the fashion on display at the Centraal Museum across the street. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_XwDFWrt7FxRv1Wxx_LFyvjVCJo8AQN1UiNEUw0HFBZlITjGpSEzYehYqgRJ72PL7dD3Rl86V9aQsDJ4TY63l4Kk-k-urWd1hVBRa6LIYeEjyUd1bMKTEH-POpps1uyUcBGimd3bFgUa/s2048/IMG_5492.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_XwDFWrt7FxRv1Wxx_LFyvjVCJo8AQN1UiNEUw0HFBZlITjGpSEzYehYqgRJ72PL7dD3Rl86V9aQsDJ4TY63l4Kk-k-urWd1hVBRa6LIYeEjyUd1bMKTEH-POpps1uyUcBGimd3bFgUa/w480-h640/IMG_5492.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjX6yPl2Rkk_wqCLNmml74QRkVPnWfZOxZ1Av26G6doByFxMRpDdQcAvaF1ng-A4cnZyyDtBPpmO7y9UM71dbIkAGWURx4qD-sKtxWBEnUwnZ3Rhyfyjv8ddt9QIfI8RvAQLpktIqoitY/s2048/IMG_5499.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjX6yPl2Rkk_wqCLNmml74QRkVPnWfZOxZ1Av26G6doByFxMRpDdQcAvaF1ng-A4cnZyyDtBPpmO7y9UM71dbIkAGWURx4qD-sKtxWBEnUwnZ3Rhyfyjv8ddt9QIfI8RvAQLpktIqoitY/w480-h640/IMG_5499.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluZrizhhHPG3iPvuw78YQlXUvtBGyMTt21Ft41rrQ4q8UaQTmWdMclJdYF-gWr5ituX4deojyste35ti8Q3wvkNqiyfAEUzmTfBl9Zv_agfVo-Pz3rUvXY_es8a3rxLs9WKq2pzkLN1Pz/s2048/IMG_5503.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluZrizhhHPG3iPvuw78YQlXUvtBGyMTt21Ft41rrQ4q8UaQTmWdMclJdYF-gWr5ituX4deojyste35ti8Q3wvkNqiyfAEUzmTfBl9Zv_agfVo-Pz3rUvXY_es8a3rxLs9WKq2pzkLN1Pz/w640-h480/IMG_5503.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3MdOPWagLRxDiCmsctoSefu42yJWF68yFsqCWgi-tDH4fXgp6hhoe3L3F1OhMGTAJmNrZ9debLDciHf4wsHEhleh0v5KPOVYmDksEyRHbpT5SCZUXn1uiar5LrVSAsrYc1OrCjbk79qaW/s2048/IMG_5513.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3MdOPWagLRxDiCmsctoSefu42yJWF68yFsqCWgi-tDH4fXgp6hhoe3L3F1OhMGTAJmNrZ9debLDciHf4wsHEhleh0v5KPOVYmDksEyRHbpT5SCZUXn1uiar5LrVSAsrYc1OrCjbk79qaW/w480-h640/IMG_5513.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dutchboy isn't much for fashion. But functional design? He's a big fan! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmjYA_Xgm7hUthfPXsNy-zofdw8zVRGBRh_dNji85ZzCmyPPRjZ24rkWSqxn5b-hwUuxCjlDHkMNv2nlPtRVK-Jdj0gqDD6Lp2S-egQgIvLkctlWWcc6Ji44T3n-GUeCCpGXYMJry-Qzql/s2048/IMG_5523.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmjYA_Xgm7hUthfPXsNy-zofdw8zVRGBRh_dNji85ZzCmyPPRjZ24rkWSqxn5b-hwUuxCjlDHkMNv2nlPtRVK-Jdj0gqDD6Lp2S-egQgIvLkctlWWcc6Ji44T3n-GUeCCpGXYMJry-Qzql/w640-h480/IMG_5523.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He is also a fan of interactive art. Like indoor swings. Doesn't he look just like the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swing_(Fragonard)#/media/File:Joean_Honor%C3%A9_Fragonard_-_The_Swing.jpg" target="_blank">Fragonard painting</a>?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Vy1fAy73qXkLhzNTCB3-FTPYp5NCk3pUyYqjDOvbdTGPFA_X1UqHLntQ1wOcSI-oEFhxJ-xmhTJa3qEHOaEbViAyUGuC_oEOr3IxYy7N7m0jxqABykiIVXzcufiWiOZkRBGuMb-iXHoh/s2048/IMG_5526.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Vy1fAy73qXkLhzNTCB3-FTPYp5NCk3pUyYqjDOvbdTGPFA_X1UqHLntQ1wOcSI-oEFhxJ-xmhTJa3qEHOaEbViAyUGuC_oEOr3IxYy7N7m0jxqABykiIVXzcufiWiOZkRBGuMb-iXHoh/w480-h640/IMG_5526.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And you can enjoy the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEZggzxUOMs" target="_blank">whole idyllic scene</a>, too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TEZggzxUOMs" width="320" youtube-src-id="TEZggzxUOMs"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We won't talk about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMKGU1oQxSg" target="_blank">what this looks like</a>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PMKGU1oQxSg" width="320" youtube-src-id="PMKGU1oQxSg"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A brief stop in the basement to view the preserved Viking longboat from around 1100 and we were done with the day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxlau6Xidc5Jo-JH6CT7BSCZ1qJzGqgjEm_HSZENRQY__1Va7pUFCa5N-LDbJOvrD3HZXgeABesDutwGpUcnx_wAnPpUo2CA9PA2qF76awghyKFhluOnsVEAEi0ghG24F1wTDr5Z0weqq/s2048/IMG_8514.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxlau6Xidc5Jo-JH6CT7BSCZ1qJzGqgjEm_HSZENRQY__1Va7pUFCa5N-LDbJOvrD3HZXgeABesDutwGpUcnx_wAnPpUo2CA9PA2qF76awghyKFhluOnsVEAEi0ghG24F1wTDr5Z0weqq/w426-h640/IMG_8514.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b>2018</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">After a night of a headache, and being awoke every hour to answer math questions, I was happy to get up to sunshine, warm weather and trip to <a href="https://parkguell.barcelona/en" target="_blank">Park Guell.</a> We, of course, got off at the wrong stop, and walked the wrong way. We ended up high on the hill above the main entrance to the park, but I didn't mind a bit. The view was fantastic! </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQuE9TXOMlPW6htuUHFzX9GFRANK61c1II-Z2uPkerOdbJIkG3l9VSFI-k1K1WhU04nbrn3NC6oHUszhpVPRVOoMAjhWMgoM3M9EwN545podg0Zdxu17as6KGUU1GRW49Le9GAYVVefS7/s5472/IMG_6234.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQuE9TXOMlPW6htuUHFzX9GFRANK61c1II-Z2uPkerOdbJIkG3l9VSFI-k1K1WhU04nbrn3NC6oHUszhpVPRVOoMAjhWMgoM3M9EwN545podg0Zdxu17as6KGUU1GRW49Le9GAYVVefS7/w640-h426/IMG_6234.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Here's a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utdH5zj3Bq4" target="_blank">short video</a> to show the scene. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/utdH5zj3Bq4" width="320" youtube-src-id="utdH5zj3Bq4"></iframe></div>You can see the tower of Gaudi's house peeking over the tree tops. <div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYEUROCWBt9x2AzT_nIgLx1Ggf2OL8TNinw0XEvmch33TcpYB8QwCSnnktddaA_4FlOAIENHE2k26lkDMyKBqarwzcHq5olcWnGciIb1PxmWMfJTryPvp4XTjp0qJRUyugG5hpxvEfGfQ/s5472/IMG_6213.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYEUROCWBt9x2AzT_nIgLx1Ggf2OL8TNinw0XEvmch33TcpYB8QwCSnnktddaA_4FlOAIENHE2k26lkDMyKBqarwzcHq5olcWnGciIb1PxmWMfJTryPvp4XTjp0qJRUyugG5hpxvEfGfQ/w640-h426/IMG_6213.JPG" width="640" /></a><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://sagradafamilia.org/casa-museu-gaudi" target="_blank">Gaudi's house</a>. No, we didn't go inside. The line was exquisitely long. You can't believe how overrun the park was on this day. And it was 85 degrees. In October. And I was hot. And still had a concussion. I was likely very pouty. But we don't talk about that. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPhM2ot1piw6Kll6l7c4nKZbVPvLbCx3Kls_E8R-C9UvPYeE1vyZP7xxVtYsRFAj7G0HkUYxwIsWlY92ozw8hS6Z3AB5nXRPRN3Tv3xVOFLHV8svgjsAKS41pFuxDwfDwqFZizYok_ig9/s5472/IMG_6215.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPhM2ot1piw6Kll6l7c4nKZbVPvLbCx3Kls_E8R-C9UvPYeE1vyZP7xxVtYsRFAj7G0HkUYxwIsWlY92ozw8hS6Z3AB5nXRPRN3Tv3xVOFLHV8svgjsAKS41pFuxDwfDwqFZizYok_ig9/w640-h426/IMG_6215.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The main entrance to Park Guell, far below. We were slowly making our way down, enjoying the views. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrn3Xa0weOA1VJddvf7WT7ceKUmuTBbOOl1xKZprzmtU6F8jRuAa-utITiIMkjXZmUaNHwseKB_dg1sM0_HLeta5Hkr4raQw8X4HYwp3w1_DdwJhKj_8duvTO8uUk_zXkoJaJKoTwOoKPH/s5472/IMG_6235.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrn3Xa0weOA1VJddvf7WT7ceKUmuTBbOOl1xKZprzmtU6F8jRuAa-utITiIMkjXZmUaNHwseKB_dg1sM0_HLeta5Hkr4raQw8X4HYwp3w1_DdwJhKj_8duvTO8uUk_zXkoJaJKoTwOoKPH/w640-h426/IMG_6235.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>When we reached the <a href="https://www.danieljoderphotography.com/tag/casa-marti-trias-i-domenech/" target="_blank">Casa Martà Trias i Domènech</a>, one of the two houses out of 60 that were actually built in the Park, we paused, drank some water, and listened to the people selling these ridiculous bird whistles for "uno euro!" But in the midst of all these crazy vendors and their calls,<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KePiv_umq9Q" target="_blank"> this amazing guitar player </a>started playing. It was a moment outside of time, and one of my favorite memories of Barcelona. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KePiv_umq9Q" width="320" youtube-src-id="KePiv_umq9Q"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Gaudi's Park Guell. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztEp0kQTIbEn_vFt-xXRS457b-BSSAvTFm-vcVITUAOzHkAeNFshqZVhPMl-1nX7q-xgt9aDeJgOFeoqHgCWUUEtjUjqRxXazJnM4Eq9HStfx2Q2laMO82JOHRl5yUvF6M708lt8XabAP/s5472/IMG_6239.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztEp0kQTIbEn_vFt-xXRS457b-BSSAvTFm-vcVITUAOzHkAeNFshqZVhPMl-1nX7q-xgt9aDeJgOFeoqHgCWUUEtjUjqRxXazJnM4Eq9HStfx2Q2laMO82JOHRl5yUvF6M708lt8XabAP/w640-h426/IMG_6239.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvISA5HOyoA89F8qcoN9q-EfLDK_IGdIFHdTo7gH8t1uJ21IsjbRZUGnPvARm3bgM8Nu-5VfVp6gGpGzEXus3FVRR0yLGqxy4pMGf1lvoUJTwejWZ4CBchbpcu4DQWNWWSmItJBBmJ90z/w640-h426/IMG_6255.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The square is dominated by this <a href="https://www.barcelonaturisme.com/wv3/en/page/1214/the-monumental-fountain-in-the-placa-espanya.html" target="_blank">enormous fountain</a>, designed by a contemporary of Gaudi. Designed and built to be the focal point for the 1929 International Exposition. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZiJQpsvghlxSgZXcVrQfEotkuwa3TIGnDvkXSvQtuZi6HOH40lZYJfXbcDbTJxoXyAMK0REk6nq-f2KRvE4N4vw7w61axm33H8YdkNhoqGmLv-2XsvwkulZJMvDcScb2nUJwIwVVadft-/s5472/IMG_6260.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZiJQpsvghlxSgZXcVrQfEotkuwa3TIGnDvkXSvQtuZi6HOH40lZYJfXbcDbTJxoXyAMK0REk6nq-f2KRvE4N4vw7w61axm33H8YdkNhoqGmLv-2XsvwkulZJMvDcScb2nUJwIwVVadft-/w640-h426/IMG_6260.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_Towers" target="_blank">The Venentian Towers. </a> Also Built for the 1929 International Exposition., they flank either side of the park.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlBaZ3J8ayJThnEczcK_VKxRKOixF5Wz6EPQa_I9XYY_TaUfBGBscJXL-VJogT0q6LAmi2cLyCsL_lYZriMPmuMLyKJaBV8sGTZco-JExabvwcdag_BuIOptFZN1d0-prMkHGXlJWu7gS/s5472/IMG_6261.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5472" data-original-width="3648" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlBaZ3J8ayJThnEczcK_VKxRKOixF5Wz6EPQa_I9XYY_TaUfBGBscJXL-VJogT0q6LAmi2cLyCsL_lYZriMPmuMLyKJaBV8sGTZco-JExabvwcdag_BuIOptFZN1d0-prMkHGXlJWu7gS/w426-h640/IMG_6261.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFRfa938YhsG8feZj7c5UzwggHavP-JznTQWHL4HxsHeerD3zhPfYRPx0rtWsfTR9zBTxem8F2xH6TQ3KCvLSgACggiqA3qbAL1El5fcckowxyqCqPrZVkHFCnmHlEvDHK7FhWqEUEZIP/s5472/IMG_6265.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFRfa938YhsG8feZj7c5UzwggHavP-JznTQWHL4HxsHeerD3zhPfYRPx0rtWsfTR9zBTxem8F2xH6TQ3KCvLSgACggiqA3qbAL1El5fcckowxyqCqPrZVkHFCnmHlEvDHK7FhWqEUEZIP/w640-h426/IMG_6265.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknRnMw08XOQAqhKJJtkORq5B5gfF__1985tPTOwvV2GQ_OLoSU1_iiyPxmp_wA5Rkq8zPuHWHNT68sRuY6p5Bpm8GWFOhLgaAgoGvwv414N-YmMhQMFwyFEpRXXlDHhLPu3hJaLBDaWlp/s5472/IMG_6268.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknRnMw08XOQAqhKJJtkORq5B5gfF__1985tPTOwvV2GQ_OLoSU1_iiyPxmp_wA5Rkq8zPuHWHNT68sRuY6p5Bpm8GWFOhLgaAgoGvwv414N-YmMhQMFwyFEpRXXlDHhLPu3hJaLBDaWlp/w640-h426/IMG_6268.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAKZGT8Imnpnjbo1zAgz4cBLOLRSwodC0AxxeCbd58WaNGVTxLvZZuyXwDg8Fws2Yypy1gCdeUD3KYDPq-ZSFvjRqDf6-DjH32k7QKmnn5fLK-mP4pm-srZx5zU6w4Z19TWgrHcSlQ_Xp/s5472/IMG_6270.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAKZGT8Imnpnjbo1zAgz4cBLOLRSwodC0AxxeCbd58WaNGVTxLvZZuyXwDg8Fws2Yypy1gCdeUD3KYDPq-ZSFvjRqDf6-DjH32k7QKmnn5fLK-mP4pm-srZx5zU6w4Z19TWgrHcSlQ_Xp/w640-h426/IMG_6270.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is the <a href="https://www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com/en/albums-en/magic-fountains-montjuic/index.html" target="_blank">"Magic Fountain"</a>. I didn't get any pictures of it being "magical". But it really was lovely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2TWF8cdHBtUke4xVRHdZzdxC7Y6kre25bUQQ3pfRbJ3fd5vxyZI0vWBdur8ickR0BpOKfFkJsRgEnHzPRyMbsf7BHn-Ob1U6Ria777kv3lldXbyiZyNr-U2qMu3rvSP0YE1TCOsY7xcZ/s5472/IMG_6271.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2TWF8cdHBtUke4xVRHdZzdxC7Y6kre25bUQQ3pfRbJ3fd5vxyZI0vWBdur8ickR0BpOKfFkJsRgEnHzPRyMbsf7BHn-Ob1U6Ria777kv3lldXbyiZyNr-U2qMu3rvSP0YE1TCOsY7xcZ/w640-h426/IMG_6271.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkhhT_-bZyH4zVKUrBcZmQDNlsIV9DlHiEe4VTeAn1MaPNhozQ2GdjtPqiGvtFNqkXPigHX3K60OKWr2-HZ4BypUhQ0BUxV4DY9NAYsabHInCmDYrzrnjJeEEBrM0LeoiY4npt6RauT0EF/s5472/IMG_6271.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkhhT_-bZyH4zVKUrBcZmQDNlsIV9DlHiEe4VTeAn1MaPNhozQ2GdjtPqiGvtFNqkXPigHX3K60OKWr2-HZ4BypUhQ0BUxV4DY9NAYsabHInCmDYrzrnjJeEEBrM0LeoiY4npt6RauT0EF/w640-h426/IMG_6271.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau_Nacional" target="_blank">Palau Nacional.</a> The National Palace, home to the national art museum's collection. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieX9a5Ec8YGPNzAN2a8lRmDmm9rbM9mjVRTjNM4jCmaG5SEKhtOt4SHI96x_sACWzkuOrStny5A7wUKO0u2HMrgAlXdZaVf1uIELAiFhXBIXtPU6IciIeOdyrfxaoVMhL482TKlzcC9U3F/s5472/IMG_6272.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieX9a5Ec8YGPNzAN2a8lRmDmm9rbM9mjVRTjNM4jCmaG5SEKhtOt4SHI96x_sACWzkuOrStny5A7wUKO0u2HMrgAlXdZaVf1uIELAiFhXBIXtPU6IciIeOdyrfxaoVMhL482TKlzcC9U3F/w640-h426/IMG_6272.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsk_fy7CjkODgmGzYs277rcMEjb7JZocEIFi92OlGRO6uQNgUDSkPTJurkLVpfSs5FyjE48t2VUqiGQ70NPkJZKyINKgzxE6V1XVlR6WlHefHLidnX_7ufm4-n_VLiG60859gt_GBheWfZ/s5472/IMG_6330.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsk_fy7CjkODgmGzYs277rcMEjb7JZocEIFi92OlGRO6uQNgUDSkPTJurkLVpfSs5FyjE48t2VUqiGQ70NPkJZKyINKgzxE6V1XVlR6WlHefHLidnX_7ufm4-n_VLiG60859gt_GBheWfZ/w640-h426/IMG_6330.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvE3_XKtkFwkP4LApVJrr_nvrfPUj07aOTbyr5Txf6Dhf0bx_Rv9C_nRrSLzUQ4_bSG9iyiRtsdZ2Wljfc_kLU7yJklklXMUMgEHcGYemokLRLSfdr968Ey1z1k5lVVimnnH_PXYQVwwi/s5472/IMG_6333.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvE3_XKtkFwkP4LApVJrr_nvrfPUj07aOTbyr5Txf6Dhf0bx_Rv9C_nRrSLzUQ4_bSG9iyiRtsdZ2Wljfc_kLU7yJklklXMUMgEHcGYemokLRLSfdr968Ey1z1k5lVVimnnH_PXYQVwwi/w640-h426/IMG_6333.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX156BAgY6mqxDodbVCnfhjCuLyucy_chNT-fpFc76CDPuInjgl6TQMTfEMNLW3q-TAn5JicScT5wuDxpg3yVPQIq8KSE5Kaa0Po8S86_0x6MJ5WInNyJISe21IHDSRN0mXOJlp8AMvMmS/s5472/IMG_6340.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX156BAgY6mqxDodbVCnfhjCuLyucy_chNT-fpFc76CDPuInjgl6TQMTfEMNLW3q-TAn5JicScT5wuDxpg3yVPQIq8KSE5Kaa0Po8S86_0x6MJ5WInNyJISe21IHDSRN0mXOJlp8AMvMmS/w640-h426/IMG_6340.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau_de_la_M%C3%BAsica_Catalana" target="_blank">Palau de la Musica Catalana</a>. We happened by it on our evening walk. Too bad we didn't look ahead and get tickets to see inside?!!? Too much to see in a couple of short days. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWClSEUSLBo3HHICQ0xV8XBN84xoe0RsvOmGUIRGuHzfpEM42_K7C7PpmGhzzX2thNOCzlswqjWXRnMmGNR97aAF2tb4ICghZEy94xhyVoizQutCEOUgVGVwc3mFBxgJbcYABMFIeHGsu/s2048/IMG_7726.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWClSEUSLBo3HHICQ0xV8XBN84xoe0RsvOmGUIRGuHzfpEM42_K7C7PpmGhzzX2thNOCzlswqjWXRnMmGNR97aAF2tb4ICghZEy94xhyVoizQutCEOUgVGVwc3mFBxgJbcYABMFIeHGsu/w480-h640/IMG_7726.JPG" width="480" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5wtYKHnBy1JZRGuR2548Ed0EEs4epzRINaVnmPahFCMGSA9vc7yipzmAJHOd5bR3LvlnhqBBwnDtMBdtp1gbCGDiBP5N2l_0Ly72t9GkWzioKOIohv78IiMM8zb9x543XCQIE9XnIpdPq/s2048/IMG_7727.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5wtYKHnBy1JZRGuR2548Ed0EEs4epzRINaVnmPahFCMGSA9vc7yipzmAJHOd5bR3LvlnhqBBwnDtMBdtp1gbCGDiBP5N2l_0Ly72t9GkWzioKOIohv78IiMM8zb9x543XCQIE9XnIpdPq/w480-h640/IMG_7727.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Perfect way to end an evening in Barcelona! It was 24 hours later. Stop judging me. :-P<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipq1fskPFl0XzNoi7Qi8BCkCqVv4wU3t6UxbrAOSHxezRzGrAIbh8_99s8cyVf3JTgKbrwqrxPh2eyQAHcyomD8NMb9LyBMOCo0Js7pdX-HhMI29HZwr9JpPDZJ8hAenD1yTdrkL-zh8Re/s2048/IMG_7725.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipq1fskPFl0XzNoi7Qi8BCkCqVv4wU3t6UxbrAOSHxezRzGrAIbh8_99s8cyVf3JTgKbrwqrxPh2eyQAHcyomD8NMb9LyBMOCo0Js7pdX-HhMI29HZwr9JpPDZJ8hAenD1yTdrkL-zh8Re/w480-h640/IMG_7725.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;">Tot Ziens!</p><p></p><br /></div></div></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437739186183326201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812443271488043321.post-16490017242663500572020-10-09T02:00:00.164-07:002020-10-16T18:06:38.012-07:00The Trip that was: October 9, 2018/2019<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>2018</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">A historic day for me. We were up super early to be one of the first twenty allowed in Casa Battlo. It was raining, but it didn't dampen my excitement! I wantéd to go in, head up to the roof and get my photos of the dragon's back, without a lot of tourists. I wanted to EXPERIENCE it alone. We got in, and took a few pictures, heading up the stairs. WE would come back to this later!</p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qdcb7XFc5YqDrOxLj5E0jaSNzGMbLQrrKUvNJctgCMNvv1XA4n874-TEHIZ2SKnwrqZLyjszgOe-CShiqvFB2SvgDzENXVhGhXbyOITcnET78xaPpp6JZZhh0pVrS2tn-V96IyFs47Dx/s2048/IMG_7699.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qdcb7XFc5YqDrOxLj5E0jaSNzGMbLQrrKUvNJctgCMNvv1XA4n874-TEHIZ2SKnwrqZLyjszgOe-CShiqvFB2SvgDzENXVhGhXbyOITcnET78xaPpp6JZZhh0pVrS2tn-V96IyFs47Dx/w480-h640/IMG_7699.JPG" width="480" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3kZIvO_7EqPun9NVv9Ingcse9J8rudsjJif7nuwUI944rMfNTF9QrnlsKH-N1y0ubROK4iqFT2fbN022odKcB6a_svwGh-i7ROvzONk9n2ezy704lqGrNuC8JUKqOddGoIMZvFnGUWyXE/s5472/IMG_6068.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5472" data-original-width="3648" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3kZIvO_7EqPun9NVv9Ingcse9J8rudsjJif7nuwUI944rMfNTF9QrnlsKH-N1y0ubROK4iqFT2fbN022odKcB6a_svwGh-i7ROvzONk9n2ezy704lqGrNuC8JUKqOddGoIMZvFnGUWyXE/w426-h640/IMG_6068.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We made it upstairs, to the terrace, just Dutchboy and I, and a security guard. I eagerly stepped out on the glazed tiles of the upper balcony. Before I knew what was really happening, my feet flew out from under me. The crack of my head hitting the tile resounded in the space. I couldn't move. The security guard came out, speaking Spanish, and trying to pull me up right. It was raining. I was soaked. Ton came running because he heard "the bang". They called an ambulance and I had my first ever ambulance ride. See? HISTORIC. At least I got to do down in the original elevator that the public doesn't get to use. And the Paramedics were super nice. Two hours at the hospital, one deeply bruised elbow, a huge lump on my head and a concussion diagnosis later, and all I got was this bracelet and an ibuprofen. No bill, though. They took my insurance info but refused money. 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Dutchboy treated me like I was made of glass., and asked me to solve math problems in my head every hour. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By the time we left the hospital, the rain had stopped, and the hospital was a short walk from the Sagrada Familia. I may have missed my Gaudi tour that morning, but I would be able to see Sagrada while I had a coffee. 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But there is sacredness about this place that transcends religion. It's completely personal, spiritual. You can feel it in the stone. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7Ykw0rno_31_34JCsdDJ6iiJBl53Ish9MNXGYZC-ahhzC_zKJ218Hm86XJNwADKYxY_7lY0xWf1uLsmgMjD-OB-A63d_uLUZtQuHFmefXONyQzwp9zLzo9vmAY6_jOQLXr8E7OJim9QF/s5472/IMG_6161.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7Ykw0rno_31_34JCsdDJ6iiJBl53Ish9MNXGYZC-ahhzC_zKJ218Hm86XJNwADKYxY_7lY0xWf1uLsmgMjD-OB-A63d_uLUZtQuHFmefXONyQzwp9zLzo9vmAY6_jOQLXr8E7OJim9QF/w640-h426/IMG_6161.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiND2gOYKNnSNCL19U2Re7cKBTTBBXlhx1Dl5i_gL2WoYoFctIzSC8T9Z_cPuBgkEvI8pU1BeD5BAujzZQe7gXPxHMyX7e8EKaVb5BX830q50GAY1re5bwSNZX0gC0DhDBhoo6jBXt_E7K_/s5472/IMG_6162.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5472" data-original-width="3648" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiND2gOYKNnSNCL19U2Re7cKBTTBBXlhx1Dl5i_gL2WoYoFctIzSC8T9Z_cPuBgkEvI8pU1BeD5BAujzZQe7gXPxHMyX7e8EKaVb5BX830q50GAY1re5bwSNZX0gC0DhDBhoo6jBXt_E7K_/w426-h640/IMG_6162.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqvAo8x5yxFgETvUTmHQ0OgeUJQaw5XM4hAQMB_otPg22MB72YA3QrUyHBa7niw5KiJ24flPQ5Dfc_GuDN7whcoK2XTyRwrKKnvutduuv2mnKzRHp_AXAbSRd6-GEep6Hrfsn7gL1G8jj/s5472/IMG_6199.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5472" data-original-width="3648" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqvAo8x5yxFgETvUTmHQ0OgeUJQaw5XM4hAQMB_otPg22MB72YA3QrUyHBa7niw5KiJ24flPQ5Dfc_GuDN7whcoK2XTyRwrKKnvutduuv2mnKzRHp_AXAbSRd6-GEep6Hrfsn7gL1G8jj/w426-h640/IMG_6199.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cDjToPxPTrOitT7Sz2fkHLTFZyitCuGc_1IneUaswsnGuItJkDhZzGbqwEOB7u7u8zxhdwD-H0knwfaKtX3f1Ydzcdj4aQUlUPRJ9c3vYL5Wvou7G2UaDe551CwUeFRLngigqUIDlHxK/s5472/IMG_6200.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cDjToPxPTrOitT7Sz2fkHLTFZyitCuGc_1IneUaswsnGuItJkDhZzGbqwEOB7u7u8zxhdwD-H0knwfaKtX3f1Ydzcdj4aQUlUPRJ9c3vYL5Wvou7G2UaDe551CwUeFRLngigqUIDlHxK/w640-h426/IMG_6200.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpcmxbV-pzgZnyk0tVj4LuuDyJK7u8nauMF9087RUOv0JQov3tSX6auxCHSoQEgX_sR5uBs2cah1W98OyTOYVfBYtRwGHCKeVCYz76XM0tP5YSXEXCsOujzywvsmO9Y23-SaFy1sNUNs9q/s5472/IMG_6201.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpcmxbV-pzgZnyk0tVj4LuuDyJK7u8nauMF9087RUOv0JQov3tSX6auxCHSoQEgX_sR5uBs2cah1W98OyTOYVfBYtRwGHCKeVCYz76XM0tP5YSXEXCsOujzywvsmO9Y23-SaFy1sNUNs9q/w640-h426/IMG_6201.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The sunset at Sagrada Familia. Antoni Gaudi devoted a large part of his life to this cathedral. He lived in a house at Park Guell, and walked to the cathedral most days, if he didn't stay at his workshop onsite. Along the way, he would collect funds for the building project. It was on this 3 kilometer walk that he was struck by a tram. He was so poorly dressed that he was mistaken for a beggar and left to die, until a policeman took him to a nearby hospital for the poor. The next day the chaplin of Sagrada was there, and recognized Gaudi. The story goes that the chaplin begged him to go to a better hospital, but he refused, saying he would die among his people. And he did, two days later. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The building of Gaudi's masterpiece was started almost 150 years ago, and is slated for completion in 2026, for the 100th anniversary of the death of Antoni Gaudi. I think we need to take this opportunity ti make a pilgrimage to Barcelona. Who's with me?! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAQJUBo4n96fI3kV1vJmjM8RcI9Gi7BBjvKje-K2qlGcOGTfXQlEdT8JWPuFUj8hiEtj7A5ADHpZI3JgnnhDhPkGUCU5-n9oAfWD1187RGNe3uuSKP8YVEbJTTntTMTA2eQjtBkdZoEHM/s5472/IMG_6202.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5472" data-original-width="3648" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAQJUBo4n96fI3kV1vJmjM8RcI9Gi7BBjvKje-K2qlGcOGTfXQlEdT8JWPuFUj8hiEtj7A5ADHpZI3JgnnhDhPkGUCU5-n9oAfWD1187RGNe3uuSKP8YVEbJTTntTMTA2eQjtBkdZoEHM/w426-h640/IMG_6202.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was told it hardly ever rains in Barcelona. We had rain and thunderstorms every single day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Rain on the Ramblas. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcsU2pDfo0dp00SZGMrlPfdqGdhioAZT1LeHQh-T1jm_wgfXO_Yurz5-EfB7LE-gqylXfv3Xe-qllSZXfw6QOHjBdY-OQykyoT_GBBCkf9b-BWCr9pskPPgK5GDexLKxWSpOoIQWfoqcQh/s5472/IMG_6207.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcsU2pDfo0dp00SZGMrlPfdqGdhioAZT1LeHQh-T1jm_wgfXO_Yurz5-EfB7LE-gqylXfv3Xe-qllSZXfw6QOHjBdY-OQykyoT_GBBCkf9b-BWCr9pskPPgK5GDexLKxWSpOoIQWfoqcQh/w640-h426/IMG_6207.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSt3BwLfXHBJil67NkQTd19yGj8FRi0zrtKW-aeXNqXn8rPLJ_4cNecFwE0oHyE4xSyIXUufYrhGr8BLWzuvmbsCzsKuPenK_rOKNUtDYdVVYVa3iG5cHWqeq46xq_9n57_FyKKUUnXfmA/s5472/IMG_6209.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSt3BwLfXHBJil67NkQTd19yGj8FRi0zrtKW-aeXNqXn8rPLJ_4cNecFwE0oHyE4xSyIXUufYrhGr8BLWzuvmbsCzsKuPenK_rOKNUtDYdVVYVa3iG5cHWqeq46xq_9n57_FyKKUUnXfmA/w640-h426/IMG_6209.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>2019</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We spent the day in Utrecht with our good friends, Lucien and Wendy. Wandered through parts of Utrecht we hadn't wandered through before! And some we had. If you're in Utrecht, you have to have wandered around the Dom Toren, and DomKerk. But we also went UNDER ! Into the tunnels that have been excavated underneath, learning the history of the church, and the area. Fascinating. And dark. So I didn't take photos. Well, I thought I did? But once again, missing!! 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The giraffe ties the whole room together, man. We have walked by this place a hundred times, but thought it looked too gimicky. Nah. 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Tucked under the street, at canal level, you're in an old warehouse space. 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