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I have not gone on city trips nor visited places of interest since the end of September 2020. I have only been to supermarkets for necessities, took long walks around […]
I have not gone on city trips nor visited places of interest since the end of September 2020. I have only been to supermarkets for necessities, took long walks around […]
Ever wonder how the rich ladies spent their time back in the 17th-18th century before television, country clubs, summer festivals or globe-trotting? Built dolls’ houses! In 1743, Sara van Amstel-Rothé […]
Way back when I could freely visit a museum, embracing a sunny day in its hidden garden. 🤗 This was during my last visit to Frans Hals Museum in September […]
Have you seen the news about what was happening in the Netherlands the past few days? It started with protestors staging demonstrations against the coronavirus rules on Saturday in Amsterdam. […]
This has got to be the most amusing painting found at Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem. 🤔 A monk squeezes a nun’s breast! Title: A Monk and A Nun (Dutch: […]
Follow up from previous blog post was about the unusual rotating paternoster lifts inside the imposing Grand Hotel Amrâth Amsterdam …Now, let me enlighten you about their gorgeous ceiling as […]
One of my personal (silly) obsession was to see a special lift in person, secured inside a 5* hotel that I cannot afford.I was contemplating to boldly walk-in and ask […]
On the contrary, the XXX symbol you see around Amsterdam does not represent the seXXX industry found on the famous Red Light District in Amsterdam. This is the flag of […]