Stepping into this amazing exhibit is like getting into a time capsule and emerging on a 19th century beach. A 19th century Dutch beach, that is. The panorama is a large-scale naturalistic depiction of the sea, the dunes and the seaside resort town of Scheveningen in 1881, as envisioned by Hendrik Mesdag, a Dutch banker-turned-artist. […]
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Dutch Touches
From what I’ve seen, life is pretty good in the Netherlands. Dutch culture seems to be laid-back and liberal, everyone is tall and relatively happy looking and the flat topography near the coast (the coast, right, that’s another positive point) can’t be beat. As we were walking around, I couldn’t help but noticing some things […]
Den Haag/The Hague
The Netherlands is quickly becoming one of my favorite countries (sorry, France!). It’s a tiny country and a collection of provinces (Holland comprises two of the twelve provinces, Noord-Holland around Amsterdam and Zuid-Holland around Den Haag), with many picturesque and culturally rich cities. This weekend, we set out for The Hague and Rotterdam. Both are […]
Keukenhof Overview
Before visiting the Keukenhof gardens, I knew, vaguely, that there was a lot of tulilps in the Netherlands. I knew this because when I thought of the Netherlands, generic images of fields full of brightly colored flowers sprang to mind (thanks, tourism board!). Wooden clogs and a couple of joints are also always in the […]
Colorful Dutch Bulbfields
Although we were a little early for the tulips, we were able to catch a glimpse of some colorful Dutch bulbfields. Reportedly, there are 10,000 growers in this region. Carolus Clusius, Dutch botanist and gardener to the Habsburg emporer, brought the first tulip bulb from Vienna. The flower flourished in Holland’s sandy soil (about half […]
Keukenhof, Netherlands III
Okay, just a few more images for the flower show-and-tell! Keukenhof, Netherlands, Dutch
Keukenhof, Netherlands II
Having spent hours hunched over, gasping at flowers, I really need to show some of my favorite close-ups! I really got a kick out of the creative names. Keukenhof, Netherlands, Dutch
Keukenhof, Netherlands
This year, we headed right into the heart of spring: Keukenhof! The weather had other ideas (cool, mostly cloudy, windy), but we oohed and aahed anyway, albeit through shivering teeth. Only a cold-hearted soul would fail to be impressed with this gorgeous array in the largest bulb flower garden in the world. Although many types […]
Blanche Dael
I was initially lured into Blanche Dael, the oldest coffee grinder in Maastricht, by the teapots and old-timey coffee roaster in the windows. The main room offered a typically overwhelming selection of teas, accoutrements and packaged sweets, but the back room beheld a treat: a Clover. I’ve seen a few Clovers in New York. These […]
