Continuing our first day in The City...
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Next in our Saturday cavalcade of museums was the Amsterdam Museum (the
city's historical museum, which has wisely dropped "historical" from its title so
as not to offend/repel the ignorant or uneducated or those who are only here to
drink and smoke); etc.); but I digress; I liked this museum a lot, especially for
its many displays, including many high-tech displays; the above shows how far
above/below, mostly below, the level of the North Sea
you are in Amsterdam; Schipol is disturbingly below... |
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First G/L marriages here, 2001; the "anything goes" facet is
thoughtful, disciplined... |
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| Workers, 1910 |
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| An amazing CG-enhanced video of the growth of Amsterdam in the 19th century |
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| Subsidence; there's no drought here |
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| In the Beginhof, a 500 year-old courtyard residence for widows |
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The Dutch Reformed Church where the Pilgrims (yes, those
Pilgrims) worshipped, awaiting their boat to the New World |
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| A Beguine |
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Oldest building in Amsterdam, Het Houten Huys, 1528; not
long after, they began requiring that all buildings be made
out of brick... |
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Beautiful Art Nouveau...in time, all buildings become
restaurants... |
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| Interior of an Art Nouveau tobacco store of note |
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| More subsidence |
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| Frites, yum! Vegetarian, too! |
1 comment:
Love the photos and commentary. You are seeing lots of things we have not seen, so we are enjoying learning about them along with you.
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