Postcard from Haarlem. . .
We’re packing up and catching a train this morning, so just a few minutes to say hello and send you a few photos. While the temperatures are chilly (especially for what we brought in our…
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What She Wore — Cycling in Amsterdam, Commuting back Home . . .
Perhaps it’s the marking (I’m invigilating two exams today, and each group of students wants its essays back, graded; then the same for Friday’s exam, just ahead). Perhaps it’s the weird mental/physical space of the…
View PostAffordable Europe? Small Budget Hotels We’ve Liked
I see that this page has been attracting a surprising number of clicks lately, which really means that I must update. I suspect you’ll find that much of this information is not as relevant as…
View PostArt and/of Perfume
Caesar Boetius van Everdingen’s Girl in a Wide Hat (oil on canvas, c. 1645-1650) symbolizes summer as convincingly as does the painting of lady Winter by the same artist, hung on an adjoining wall in…
View PostAmsterdam Nesting
Hope you won’t mind — I’m posting this at both of my blogs this morning, so there’s the exact postover hereas well. Much as we loved Amsterdam when visiting it last month for the first…
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