PAYS BAS

It is a new year. Yesterday, I could not even send an email for lack of bandwidth; but it is a new beginning today. After days of museums and cities we struck out into the country of Holland; the pays bas or low country. driving over vast dikes where water levels are carefully monitored.

The skies we saw reminded me of those of Ruisdael.

 

THE LOW COUNTRY
THE LOW COUNTRY

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THE LIGHT OF THE 18TH CENTURY
THE LIGHT OF THE 18TH CENTURY
THE SKIES OF YORE
THE SKIES OF YORE
GATE OF DELFT
GATE OF DELFT
SQUARE IN DELFT
SQUARE IN DELFT

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ESPALIER
ESPALIER
WINDING STAIRS
WINDING STAIRS

HAARLEM & AMSTERDAM

Each time one visits a new place one tries to determine what that place is like. Of course we choose to see what we want to see and in this case not speaking the language compounded the problem.

HAARLEM TO ST. JACQUES
HAARLEM TO ST. JACQUES
PHARMACY
PHARMACY
MAC DONALD'S IN HAARLEM
MAC DONALD’S IN HAARLEM
ST. BAVO
ST. BAVO
ST. BAVO INSIDE
ST. BAVO INSIDE
VOTIVE SHIPS
VOTIVE SHIPS
ST. BAVO
ST. BAVO
DECO STAIRS
DECO STAIRS
CANNABIS ICE CREAM?
CANNABIS ICE CREAM?
RED LIGHT DISTRICT HAS RED LIGHTS
RED LIGHT DISTRICT HAS RED LIGHTS