2018.7.23 Day 23: Leuven, a city tour on a scorching hot day 2018.7.24 Day 24: Brussels, Manneken Pis sculpture of naked little boy urinating, EU, Foot massage and the plight of a Tibetan woman 2018.7.25 Day 25: Ghent, Jan van Eyck’s Lamb God, Gravensteen castle, Flemish dinner with the locals—a flowing conversation at …
Month: July 2018
2018.7.16 Day 16: History of Belgium, Antwerp City Tour 2018.7.17 Day 17: Art and Culture of Belgium, Cathedral of Our Lady, Rubens House 2018.7.18 Day 18: European Union, Museum Plantin-Moretus, MAS museum, Panorama view of the city 2018.7.19 Day 19: Mechelen, Museum Hof van Busleyden, St. John’s Church, St. Rumbold’s Church—climbing 538 steps to the …
2018.7.9 — 2018.7.15 2018.7.9 Day 9: National Maritime Museum, Icebar After a two-hour lecture on the colonial history of the Netherlands (with a special focus on the Dutch East India Company and the West India Comany), we went to the Het Scheepvaartmuseum, or National Maritime Museum. The Dutch Republic’s economic success is mainly based …
FIRst week in the netherlands (7.1-7.8) 2018.7.1 Day 1: Random walk in Amsterdam, Flower markets, Vondelpark, Dutch pancake bars 2018.7.2 Day 2: Van Gogh Museum, Boat tour on canals, Coffeeshop, Local bars 2018.7.3 Day 3: Scavenger hunt in Amsterdam, Vondelpark 2018.7.4 Day 4: Train from Amsterdam Central to Utrecht, Utrecht University, proposal at Dom Church, …