Fence and Speaking in Tongues 4 June
May 28, 2017 - The first time I discovered all on my own that something someone told me was not true was in about 1953 or 1954. I was 3...
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Zussen in Amsterdam 26 May
May 25, 2017 - Lenora and Linda came to visit us and pose for their picture with Susan. They had a list of things they wanted to do and...
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Vondel Art 25 May
May 25, 2017 - Amsterdam has art in lots of places, not just the museums. This piece is located under a bridge where Van Baerlestraat g...
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Voetballiefhebbers 24 May
May 25, 2017 - To watch Ajax (eye-ox), soccer lovers showed up in tens of thousands on and near museumplein until the police declared i...
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What a Refugee Looks Like 23 May and July 2017
May 23, 2017 - Here's an update. Mosul has been largely destroyed. Here is one of thousands of photographs showing the horror and suffe...
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Fabrice! 22 May
May 23, 2017 - Fabrice made this mosaic. It sits on the corner of a park in front of an Indian restaurant, near the street. Seems to be...
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Homo Sapiens 14 May
May 17, 2017 - Did you know that Google Translate will translate Latin into English? Not needed very often, but sometimes in Amsterdam.
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European Song Festival 13 May
May 13, 2017 - More than 100 million people this evening are watching the European Song Festival on TV. Three hours with no commercials...
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Floppy Pots 12 May
May 13, 2017 - There is a reflecting pool between the Rijksmuseum and the Museumplein. Somebody just put this very large collection of...
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Esther & Elias 11 May
May 13, 2017 - Within one lifetime, Esther Slap-Sammes, a 74 year old woman who lived in the neighborhood where we now live, was forcib...
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Susan in Park 10 May
May 13, 2017 - Our neighborhood is filled with buildings that are decorated with art and architectural details. The Concertgebouw was b...
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TGC 9 May
May 13, 2017 - Me, Izzy, and the I Amsterdam sign. Taken by Ray, my new California friend. Dutch men do not wear baseball-type hats. On...
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Schlock Abides in Utrecht 8 May
May 13, 2017 - Given the number of visitors here, there could be a lot more of this sort of thing. But the tourist sites are thoroughly...
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Water stains 7 May
May 13, 2017 - Utrecht was, according to Wikipedia, founded in 65 C.E. It has buildings still standing from the early second century. F...
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California Friends 6 May
May 13, 2017 - My new friends from California, Ray and Susan, let me photograph them, and I let them photograph me and Izzy, but it was...
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Pieperkeuken 5 May
May 13, 2017 - We got a free potato dinner on Museumplien, where we ate with thousands of others at picnic tables. The May 4 photo show...
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New Dutch Friends 4 May
May 13, 2017 - Until today, I never saw any reason for a king or queen. Today is Remembrance Day, when people recall the deaths and suf...
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Man and Dog 3 May
May 13, 2017 - I blamed a man for letting his dog attack Izzy. I saw him again today, once again at the entrance to Vondel Park. He did...
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Tulpen 2 May
May 13, 2017 - Thanks Mendel for starting our journey to understanding heredity. One of my Dutch language classmates, a woman from Sout...
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Aardbei 1 May
May 13, 2017 - Our neighborhood is mostly what we call row houses. The fronts generally have about a foot of dirt between the building...
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Vondel Koningsdag 27 April
May 13, 2017 - A lot of drinking happens on Koningsdag, a holiday that has some resemblance to the 4th of July. It is a patriotic day a...
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Vondel Egg Throwing 27 April
May 13, 2017 - For a few euro, you can try to hit a kid in the face with a raw egg. I don't get it, but it seemed quite popular and we...
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Pissoirs 27 April
May 13, 2017 - Do you wonder if men are advantaged compared to women in Dutch life? I do not know the answer to that question. But men...
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Appel 26 April
May 13, 2017 - Karel Appel studied at the Rijksmuseum school, that sanctuary for the great paintings of the golden era. He was a prodig...
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Street Markets 25 April
May 13, 2017 - This is not your church bazaar. The street markets are staffed by full-time merchants who have traveling stalls. The Ams...
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ala Van Gogh 24-April
May 13, 2017 - Museumplein, the open space among the three big museums, has vendors, food trucks and stands, and ticket sellers. This o...
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Royal Palace 23-April
May 12, 2017 - I assume the King and Queen are not staying at the Royal Palace this week. There were lots of families at the carnival t...
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Mail Box 22-April
May 12, 2017 - The Dutch government does not run the post office. It is now a private organization, Post.NL. I know they have colorful...
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Vondel Red Flower 21-April
May 12, 2017 - Vondel Park is pretty big. On a beautiful spring day like today, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of people who wal...
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Falafel King 20-April
May 12, 2017 - There are many, many, many places to eat in our part of the city. Some of them are too expensive and probably priced for...
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Seedy Bars 19-April
May 12, 2017 - In the Leidesplein neighborhood, there is a street lined with bars and nightclubs. One could readily imagine the scene a...
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Parking Garage 16-April
May 12, 2017 - Izzy and I went to visit the PurePoint toilets this evening. They are in the very modern parking garage that lies below...
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Boyd: 15-Apri
May 12, 2017 - Here is our friend Boyd. He is a charming and kind person, and he has excellent manners, which he exercises with ease. W...
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Izzy in Amsterdam: 15-April
May 12, 2017 - Isabella Rossellini has been a country dog until now. I promised her that she was going to like it here. And I think she...
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Coffee Oven: 15-April
May 12, 2017 - Brandmeesters roasts coffee. Here is their oven. They have a nice assortment of coffee beans, so hopefully we have found...
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Wilted Tulip: 14-April
May 12, 2017 - The tulips here seem bigger than other places. They are in many colors and patterns. The wilted tulip, when examined up...
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Wasted Tulip Pollen: 13-April
May 12, 2017 - There are indeed a lot of tulips in Amsterdam. We learned in Dutch class that a modern entrepreneur promoted the idea of...
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Wanningstraat Light Fixture: 12-April
May 12, 2017 - The Venetian light fixtures in our apartment have an elegance and style from an earlier era. You will not find one of th...
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Het Concertgebouw: 11-April
May 12, 2017 - I learned something today: I don't really like the sound of big organs like the one at the Concertgebouw. We attended th...
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Chanel 11-April
May 12, 2017 - In our neighborhood is a street, Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat, where the "high end" international designers have come to...
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Nameless Canal in de Pijp: 10-April
May 12, 2017 - In the five days since we arrived, we have seen infrastructure work in many places. In this photo they are building a pa...
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Our senior year abroad: Spring 2017 to Spring 2018
May 12, 2017 - Susan and I decided to spend a year in Europe. So we picked Amsterdam. Here is our logo. Read more to follow things we s...
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