Day 2 in Amsterdam and my friend Judy and I were hit hard from the aftermath of jet lag and slept in. When the hotel maid finally made us feel guilty enough for making her come back too many times than I care to admit, we ventured out and headed for the Rijksmuseum. We went to the Van Gogh Museum yesterday and, frankly, were a little disappointed. But the Rijksmuseum was WONDERFUL!! If you go to Amsterdam and like art, do not miss this! But is also huge and would be difficult to see in an entire week, so, if possible, plan ahead of time what you must see. There is something for everybody in the Rijksmuseum. Art, furniture, fashion, weapons, china, ship replicas, stain glass windows, ,,,the list goes on and on… PLUS they let you take photos – always a plus! (no photos allowed at the Van Gogh). Just a few of my favorites are the 1737 Dutch pictorial tiles (above) and……….
This beautiful floral covered dish with a baby spilling flowers out onto the lid. It was one of a set of 4.
This massive yet intricately carved fireplace.
This collector’s cabinet from 1730 held little bottles containing medicinal ingredients……
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This ship replica actually had moving working people super- imposed onto the ship to show a typical day onboard.
Kind of creepy, because they also looked sort of ghost like, but what a great idea! How do they do it?????
Plus hundreds of beautiful paintings, some familiar such as” Vermeer’s Milkmaid” and some maybe not so familiar.
The Rijksmuseum is fascinating! I also want to mention we had dinner at the Small Talk Restaurant where the staff is friendly and the Hungarian Goulash and Apple Streudel was great! Btw, we walked 7 miles today – that will give you an idea to the size of the museum because our hotel was almost next door to it.
Tomorrow we go to Keukenhoff to see the tulips!
Thanks for reading and traveling along with me!
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