The Netherlands
1985 Photos
My first trip to The Netherlands was by train on my 13-week European trip in 1985.
(Melbourne - Bangkok - Hong Kong - Taipei - Japan - Trans Siberian Railway - Poland - Germany - Holland - UK -
Athens - Israel - Egypt - Western Europe - Singapore - Melbourne).
The train trip from Nakhodka on the Pacific Ocean in Russia eventually finished at the Hook of Holland near Rotterdam.
We left the train and got on the ferry Princess Beatrix for the voyage to England.
We sailed at noon and reached the port of Harwich in England at 7pm.
Then we had another train trip from Harwich to London.
The Princess Beatrix ferry leaving Hook of Holland.
Later I visited West Germany on my 4-week tour of Western Europe.
This tour left Dover on the ferry Reine Astrid for the port of Ostend in Belgium.
Then we travelled on the bus to Brussels and Amsterdam.
Dam Square in Amsterdam was once the site of a dam on the River Amster.
Cruising along one of the many canals in Amsterdam.
A pavement chalk artist reproducing The Jester in Amsterdam.
I saw the original in the Rijkmuseum. We once had a copy hanging in our lounge room.
Volderdam on the Zuyder Zee, 20km from Amsterdam, where we stayed.
The flat Dutch countryside.
From Volderdam we travelled northwards across the barrier between the Zuyder Zee and the North Sea and through West Germany
to Puttgarden where we caught the ferry Theodor Heuss to Denmark.
We crossed over some brigdes and islands on our way to Copenhagen.
Some 1999 Trip photos
My second visit was when Margaret and I visited The Netherlands on our first around-the-world trip in 1999.
(99-days - Melbourne - Bangkok - Frankfurt - Moscoe - St. Petersburg - Stockholm - Helsinki - Copenhagen - Malaga - London -
Western Europe - UK - Egypt - Jordan - Israel - Greece - New York - Las Vegas - Melbourne.)
We left Dover on the ferry Kent. It was a smooth one and a half hour crossing of the Emglish Channel.
Our bus drove off the ferry in Calais and then we drove along freeways through Northern France, Belgium and Holland to Amsterdam.
A four country day!!
Two European travellers by a lion statue in Dam Square in Amsterdam.
Narrow buildings in Amsterdam that lean all over the place. They are apparently quite stable.
Notice the overhead hooks used to maneuver furniture from the outside through the windows.
From Amsterdam we travelled to Cologne in Germany.
Photos from our 2014 Rhine-Main-Danube River cruise
This river cruise was part of our 48-day Melbourne – Dubai – Dublin – Ireland – Amsterdam –
Rhine-Main-Danube River cruise – Istanbul – Dubai - Melbourne trip.
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
The Night Watch (Dutch: De Nachtwacht) is the best-known painting in the Rijksmuseum collection.
It is also known as Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq,
or The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch, but is commonly referred to as The Night Watch,.
It is a 1642 painting by Rembrandt van Rijn.
The painting is famous for three things - its colossal size (3.63m × 437m),
the dramatic use of light and shadow (tenebrism) and the perception of motion in what would have traditionally been a static military group portrait.
It depicts the eponymous company moving out, led by Captain Frans Banninck Cocq (dressed in black, with a red sash)
and his lieutenant, Willem van Ruytenburch (dressed in yellow, with a white sash).
With effective use of sunlight and shade, Rembrandt leads the eye to the three most important characters among the crowd - the two men in the centre (from whom the painting gets its original title), and the woman in the centre-left background carrying a chicken.
Besides painting there lots of other artifacts in the museum.
Amsterdam is a bicycle city.
The River Duchess
Our home for 25 nights on our Rhine-Main-Danube River cruise.
It belongs to the Uniworld River Cruise Company.
The Duchess was built in Amsterdam in 2002 and completely renovated in 2012.
The boat carried 97 passengers and 41 crew.
Right from the start it glistened and it was sheer luxury.
Great staff, fantastic caring service, five-course meals with river views, good lectures and terrific excursions.
We boarded the River Duchess in Amsterdam.
The Amsterdam-Rhine Canal passes to the southeast through Utrecht on its way to the Waal River, a tributary of the Rhine River, near Tiel.
Inaugurated in 1952, the canal has a total length of 72 km and contains four locks. It was enlarged in the 1970s and reopened in 1981.
It is the most heavily used canal in western Europe. The canal’s minimum depth is 5.5 metres.
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Trips to The
Netherlands
1.
1985 - I first passed through The Netherlands by train from Russia, on
the way to Europe.
2. 1999 - We visited The Netherlands during our Western European tour on our first around-the-world trip. 3. 2014 - Our Rhine - Main - Danube River cruise started from Amsterdam. |
1985 Photos
My first trip to The Netherlands was by train on my 13-week European trip in 1985.
(Melbourne - Bangkok - Hong Kong - Taipei - Japan - Trans Siberian Railway - Poland - Germany - Holland - UK -
Athens - Israel - Egypt - Western Europe - Singapore - Melbourne).
The train trip from Nakhodka on the Pacific Ocean in Russia eventually finished at the Hook of Holland near Rotterdam.
We left the train and got on the ferry Princess Beatrix for the voyage to England.
We sailed at noon and reached the port of Harwich in England at 7pm.
Then we had another train trip from Harwich to London.
The Princess Beatrix ferry leaving Hook of Holland.
Later I visited West Germany on my 4-week tour of Western Europe.
This tour left Dover on the ferry Reine Astrid for the port of Ostend in Belgium.
Then we travelled on the bus to Brussels and Amsterdam.
Dam Square in Amsterdam was once the site of a dam on the River Amster.
Cruising along one of the many canals in Amsterdam.
A pavement chalk artist reproducing The Jester in Amsterdam.
I saw the original in the Rijkmuseum. We once had a copy hanging in our lounge room.
Volderdam on the Zuyder Zee, 20km from Amsterdam, where we stayed.
The flat Dutch countryside.
From Volderdam we travelled northwards across the barrier between the Zuyder Zee and the North Sea and through West Germany
to Puttgarden where we caught the ferry Theodor Heuss to Denmark.
We crossed over some brigdes and islands on our way to Copenhagen.
Some 1999 Trip photos
My second visit was when Margaret and I visited The Netherlands on our first around-the-world trip in 1999.
(99-days - Melbourne - Bangkok - Frankfurt - Moscoe - St. Petersburg - Stockholm - Helsinki - Copenhagen - Malaga - London -
Western Europe - UK - Egypt - Jordan - Israel - Greece - New York - Las Vegas - Melbourne.)
We left Dover on the ferry Kent. It was a smooth one and a half hour crossing of the Emglish Channel.
Our bus drove off the ferry in Calais and then we drove along freeways through Northern France, Belgium and Holland to Amsterdam.
A four country day!!
Two European travellers by a lion statue in Dam Square in Amsterdam.
Narrow buildings in Amsterdam that lean all over the place. They are apparently quite stable.
Notice the overhead hooks used to maneuver furniture from the outside through the windows.
From Amsterdam we travelled to Cologne in Germany.
Photos from our 2014 Rhine-Main-Danube River cruise
This river cruise was part of our 48-day Melbourne – Dubai – Dublin – Ireland – Amsterdam –
Rhine-Main-Danube River cruise – Istanbul – Dubai - Melbourne trip.
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
The Night Watch (Dutch: De Nachtwacht) is the best-known painting in the Rijksmuseum collection.
It is also known as Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq,
or The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch, but is commonly referred to as The Night Watch,.
It is a 1642 painting by Rembrandt van Rijn.
The painting is famous for three things - its colossal size (3.63m × 437m),
the dramatic use of light and shadow (tenebrism) and the perception of motion in what would have traditionally been a static military group portrait.
It depicts the eponymous company moving out, led by Captain Frans Banninck Cocq (dressed in black, with a red sash)
and his lieutenant, Willem van Ruytenburch (dressed in yellow, with a white sash).
With effective use of sunlight and shade, Rembrandt leads the eye to the three most important characters among the crowd - the two men in the centre (from whom the painting gets its original title), and the woman in the centre-left background carrying a chicken.
Besides painting there lots of other artifacts in the museum.
Amsterdam is a bicycle city.
The River Duchess
Our home for 25 nights on our Rhine-Main-Danube River cruise.
It belongs to the Uniworld River Cruise Company.
The Duchess was built in Amsterdam in 2002 and completely renovated in 2012.
The boat carried 97 passengers and 41 crew.
Right from the start it glistened and it was sheer luxury.
Great staff, fantastic caring service, five-course meals with river views, good lectures and terrific excursions.
We boarded the River Duchess in Amsterdam.
The Amsterdam-Rhine Canal passes to the southeast through Utrecht on its way to the Waal River, a tributary of the Rhine River, near Tiel.
Inaugurated in 1952, the canal has a total length of 72 km and contains four locks. It was enlarged in the 1970s and reopened in 1981.
It is the most heavily used canal in western Europe. The canal’s minimum depth is 5.5 metres.
