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Diary
of our
Grand Museum Tour of Holland, Belgium,
Essen,
Hamburg, and Berlin
2001
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September, Monday
2001
Fly
from LAX to Düsseldorf on LTU. Susanne Willumsen takes us
to the airport.
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September, Tuesday
arrive 10:00 in Duesseldorf,
Marc and Monique pick us up and drive us home to
Voerendaal.
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September,
Wednesday with Marc in Maastricht:
Bonnefanten
Museum,
town, cathedral, at night dinner at Louis and Edith
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September Thursday
with Marc to Aachen,
Dom and Schatzkammer,
at night movie:
Nana Djordjaze, "29 Stolen Kisses"
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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
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September Saturday,
Amsterdam
Rijksmuseum,
at
night National
Ballet
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September,
Sunday, Amsterdam
drive to
Spanbroek,
Frisia
Museum:
"Magische Realism" (Willink) then
to Haarlem:
Museum
voor Schonen Kunste, town
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September Monday,
Amsterdam
Stedelijk
Museum,
Kirchner
Exhibition,
Van
Gogh Museum my
70th
birthday
dinner at an
Indonesian restaurant, late at night movie: "La Pianiste"
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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.
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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
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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)
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September Friday,
Amsterdam,
Den
Haag
Mauritshuis
drive
back to Voerendaal,
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September Saturday
Voerendaal,
at night 40th-Anniversary
Reception for
Louis and Edith
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September Sunday
Voerendaal,
afternoon Festessen
for Louis and
Edith
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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.
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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"
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September, Wednesday,
Brugge,
Morning
Groeningemuseum,
afternoon:
drive to Gent
Museum
of Fine Arts,:
return
to Brugge.
At
night dinner at Chinese restaurant
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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.
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September: Friday
Brussels:
walked
to Koninklijke
Musea voor Schone Kunsten,
afternoon
train to Aachen, Marc picked us up, overnight in
Voerendaal
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September Saturday,
train to Hagen,
Rudolf Scharlau picks us up at RR station, dinner at
Christine's
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September Sunday,
Hagen,
with Rudolf,
Christine and the children by train to Essen:
Museum
Folkwang: Grosse Turner Austellung J.M.W. Turner
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September Monday
Hagen
morning, train to Hamburg,
at Klaus
and Lilo's
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September Tuesday
Hamburg,
morning: Museum
für Angewandte Kunst,
Frau Hornbostel,
Evening dinner with Gert
and Thomas, Ecki and Monika at Lilo's
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September Wednesday
Hamburg,
Reception for Film Festival, at night: very serious Revue
at the Tivoli
on
the Reeperbahn
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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
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