2001 Museum Tour of Holland, Belgium, Essen, Hamburg, and Berlin

(No photos - I need a new camera!)

3 September, Monday 2001 Fly from LAX to Düsseldorf on LTU. Susanne Willumsen takes us to the airport.

4 September, Tuesday arrive 10:00 in Duesseldorf, Marc and Monique pick us up and drive us home to Voerendaal.

5 September, Wednesday with Marc in Maastricht: Bonnefanten Museum, town, cathedral, at night dinner at Louis and Edith

6 September Thursday with Marc to Aachen, Dom and Schatzkammer, at night movie: Nana Djordjaze, "29 Stolen Kisses"

7 September Friday morning Barbara takes long walk with Louis, at night drive with Marc and Monique to Amsterdam, borrowed apartment from M&M's friends on Haarlemmerweg

8 September Saturday, Amsterdam Rijksmuseum, at night National Ballet

9 September, Sunday, Amsterdam drive to Spanbroek, Frisia Museum: "Magische Realism" (Willink) then to Haarlem: Museum voor Schonen Kunste, town

10 September Monday, Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Kirchner Exhibition, Van Gogh Museum my 70^th birthday dinner at an Indonesian restaurant, late at night movie: "La Pianiste"

11 September Tuesday, Marc at work in s'Hertogenbosch, Amsterdam Museum Het Rembrandthuis, later Barbara and Monique alone in town. On TV Attack on New York World Trade Center.

12 September Wednesday, Amsterdam, Den Haag, meet Alexandra Gabrielli, Gemeente Museum, walk to the beach, dinner at fabulous Indonesian restaurant, drive back to Amsterdam late at night

13 September Thursday Amsterdam, drive to Rotterdam, Boijmans Museum, Bosch Exhibition, Met Hans-Christian de Herder at the Photorestauration Atelier: Ermakov. At night movie: "Sven Hedin traverses the Gobi Desert" (1920)

14 September Friday, Amsterdam, Den Haag Mauritshuis drive back to Voerendaal,

15 September Saturday Voerendaal, at night 40^th-Anniversary Reception for Louis and Edith

16 September Sunday Voerendaal, afternoon Festessen for Louis and Edith

17 September Monday, Drive with Marc to Antwerpen, Hotel Grand Ducale, (Chinese hotel in Orthodox Jewish Quarter!) At night drive to Rotterdam: Gergiev Festival, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, return to Antwerpen.

18 September Tuesday, Antwerpen, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Afternoon drive to Brugge: Walk around town Barbara and Marc at Beguinhof. Barbara visits Boutique Marie Brat. Late at night French movie: "Amelie"

19 September, Wednesday, Brugge, Morning Groeningemuseum, afternoon: drive to Gent Museum of Fine Arts,: return to Brugge. At night dinner at Chinese restaurant

20 September, Thursday Marc drives us to Gent: Memling Museum, Marc alone to Rijksweg, we by train to Brussels: Hotel Aristotle. At night dinner at French Bistro, walk through town.

21 September: Friday Brussels: walked to Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten, afternoon train to Aachen, Marc picked us up, overnight in Voerendaal

22 September Saturday, train to Hagen, Rudolf Scharlau picks us up at RR station, dinner at Christine's

23 September Sunday, Hagen, with Rudolf, Christine and the children by train to Essen: Museum Folkwang: Grosse Turner Austellung J.M.W. Turner

24 September Monday Hagen morning, train to Hamburg, at Klaus and Lilo's

25 September Tuesday Hamburg, morning: Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frau Hornbostel, Evening dinner with Gert and Thomas, Ecki and Monika at Lilo's

26 September Wednesday Hamburg, Reception for Film Festival, at night: very serious Revue at the Tivoli on the Reeperbahn

27 September Thursday, Hamburg, train to Berlin: Hotel Atrium am Prager Platz, at night on foot around Potsdamer Platz, 20:00-22:00 in Gemälde Gallerie, very late dinner at Berliner Kneipe next to hotel.

28. September Friday, Berlin, Museum Dahlem, at night Deutsches Theater: Lorca "Bluthochzeit"

29. September Saturday, Berlin noon met Brigitta Schrade: tour of East-Berlin, 20:00 with Ursel and Inge Daub: Chinese Play, dinner afterwards at our Kneipe

30. September Sunday, Berlin, Met Dieter and Evelyn in Charlottenburg. At night another dinner at our Kneipe.

1. October Monday Berlin, Got up at 4:45, Rolf taxi to Airport Tegel, 6:30 flight to Duesseldorf, 9:15 LTU-flight to Los Angeles

Barbara 10:00 by train to Tuebingen

15. October Monday Barbara returns to LA