Visit: Walk in Bruges – Your private guide in Bruges As an art and history lover, the old Saint-Johns hospital dating back to the 12th century, one of the oldest hospital buildings in Europe, is one of my favorite museums in Bruges. Every tourist visiting Bruges gets at least a glimpse of the outside, but … Lees verder
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Potsdam for the second time
August 10, 2019 We had seen most of the highlights of Potsdam on our first visit a few years ago: see my blogpost: We had seen the Sanssouci park with the Chinese teahouse, Charlottenhof palace, the Roman baths, and the Friedenskirche. We visited the Sanssouci palace, the picture gallery and the Neues Palace on the … Lees verder
Walk in Bruges – Your private guide in Bruges
The beautiful and romantic city of Bruges is my hometown. Every time I see the amazement in the eyes of the tourists visiting the city I feel privileged to live here. We live just outside ‘the Kruispoort’, and whenever the weather permits, we walk through Bruges as if it were our personal garden of … Lees verder
Berlin for the third time
January 17, 2019 This year I visited Berlin for the third time. Berlin is like Madrid one of my favorite cities in Europe. This third time around it took a bit more time to prepare an itinerary. We had visited all the usual suspects on our previous visits and it was the middle of winter, … Lees verder
48 hours in Vienna
December 27, 2018 As a fan of Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt, Vienna was high on my list of places I must visit. So when my husband asked if I wanted to join him on his trip to Vienna, Schiele immediately sprang to mind. A colleague also mentioned the temporary exhibition of Pieter Breughel the … Lees verder
Madrid for the third time
March 12, 2018 This time, March 2018, we stayed in another neighbourhoud than the previous times. Staying in another district gives a whole new perspective of the city. We stayed in the posh Salamanca area, where Prada, Gucci, Chanel and Armani all have a shop just around the corner. Not that I was in any … Lees verder
De nieuwe kennismakingsweek aan het Amterdamse school voor Theater en Dans 2017-2018.
February 17, 2018 Dit schooljaar is op een iets andere manier gestart dan de voorbije jaren. Er worden vanaf dit jaar enkele hervormingen doorgevoerd in de opleidingen. Een eerste verandering is een nieuwe naam voor de school. Vanaf het schooljaar 2016-2017 wordt de Amsterdamse Toneelschool & Kleinkunstacademie, de ‘Academie voor Theater en Dans’. Tijdens het vorige … Lees verder
The medieval Sint-Janshospitaal (Saint Johns hospital) Bruges
Visit:Walk in Bruges – Your private guide in Bruges The 850 year old Saint Johns hospital is a great museum with beautiful works of our Flemish primitive master Hans Memling as a real draw. Visitors can see a great body of work from world renowned artists and also visit a great piece of Belgium heritage … Lees verder
‘Plus est en vous’ – Sneak preview of the Gruuthuse museum that will reopen in 2019 in Bruges
February 4, 2018 Visit:Walk in Bruges – Your private guide in Bruges This weekend the Gruuthuse museum (or palace), exceptionally opened its doors for the public after 3 years of total renovation. The work is not completely finished yet. We will have to wait until the spring of 2019 to visit the museum that will … Lees verder
‘A building should tell a story.’ Daniel Libeskind
January 21, 2018 And that is exactly what the Judische Museum in Berlin built by Daniel Libeskind does. The large grey building, made out of concrete and clad in zinc sheeting, commemorates the numerous lives lost in the holocaust. ‘How long would it take to recite the names of the 6 million people that died?’ … Lees verder