Booked a tour to see Giethoorn, one of the mostly car-free villages in the northeastern Dutch province of Overijssel. It borders a section of the Weerribben-Wieden National Park, a marshy area once popular for peat and reed harvesting. A one … Continue reading →

The biggest of Amsterdam’s top 3, the Rijksmuseum is also the largest art museum in the Netherlands—with record-breaking attendance to match. The building itself, which dates from 1885, is a waltz through history, juggling Gothic and Renaissance styles. A decade-long … Continue reading →

I walked from my really well situated hotel in the ‘Museumquartier’….down a neighbouring street Pieter Cornelitz Hoofstraat…what an amazing collection of high end boutique stores….Tiffany and Co, Hermes, Dior, Bvlgari, Prada – you get the gist. (He was a Dutch … Continue reading →