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VICKI & DON (PART B) “FROM HOME IS WHERE TO HEART IS:

IN ROTTERDAM.” KLEIWEG 170A3051SJ ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

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DAILY DATA REPORT: VOLUME 2018, EDITION - AUGUST DATA FOR

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17TH, 2018THROUGH

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18TH, 2018

THOUGHTS OF MARK TWAIN“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you

didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines.Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.

EPISTLE RESEARCH OF DON ALLEN “TO STEAL IDEAS FROM SOMEONE IS PLAGIARISM.

TO STEAL FROM MANY IS CALLED RESEARCH.”

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SATURDAYAUGUST 18TH

“FROM HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS: IN ROTTERDAM.”

MONIQUE’S LOVELY STUDIO (AIRBNB) ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

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TRIP WITH ANGELO TO THE NORTH OF THE NETHERLANDS:

TO DE HOGE NATIONAL PARK & MUSEUM,TO KROLLER-MULLER CASTLE,

TO KROLLER-MULLER ART MUSEUM,TO WAGENINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS

TO HAVE DINNER, THEN HOME.

THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF PART A..

WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO VISIT KROLLER-MULLER ART

MUSEUM.

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THE KRÖLLER-MÜLLER MUSEUM IS THE LIFE WORK OF HELENE

KRÖLLER-MÜLLER (1869 -1939). TOGETHER WITH HER HUSBAND ANTON KRÖLLER SHE ACQUIRED

NEARLY 11,500 WORKS OF ART BETWEEN 1907 AND 1922. THIS MAKES

HER COLLECTION ONE OF THE LARGEST PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OF

THE 20TH CENTURY. THE MUSEUM:

HELENE DREAMT OF HER OWN ‘MUSEUM HOUSE,’ WHERE SHE COULD

SHARE HER LOVE OF MODERN ART WITH EVERYONE. SHE SAW THAT

DREAM MATERIALIZE IN 1938 WHEN THE KRÖLLER-MÜLLER MUSEUM

OPENED ITS DOORS. THE DESIGN PROVIDED A SITE FOR

HER TO SHOW HER 95 PAINTINGS AND 150+ DRAWINGS BY

VINCENT VAN GOGH

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THE SCULPTURE GARDEN THE SCULPTURE GARDEN DESIGNED

BY PROF. JAN BIJHOUWER WAS OPENED IN 1961, WITH WORKS BY

AUGUSTE RODIN, HENRY MOORE AND BARBARA HEPWORTH AMONG OTHERS.

THE SCULPTURE GARDEN DEVELOPED INTO ONE OF THE LARGEST IN EUROPE,

WITH OVER 160 SCULPTURES BY ICONIC ARTISTS.

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EVERYBODY NEEDS A PIECE OF THIS WORK OF “THE SKINNY GUY.” I

HAVE SEE HIM IN MANY PLACES IN

THE WORLD. IT IS “ART” BY ALBERTO

GIACOMETTI. (1901-1966)

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WE ARE NOW ENTERING THE WORLD OF OLD

MASTERS… NOT MANY, BUT BOY ARE THEY EVER

GOOD!

READ THE DATA TO THE LEFT

ABOUT: ALBERTO

GIACOMETTI

HE HAS WORKS IN MOST EVERY

MUSEUM WE HAVE BEEN IN..

EVERYBODY NEEDS ONE..

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BY GERMAN ARTIST:LUCAS

CRANACH DE OUDE

(1452-1553)

VENUS WITH AMOR

THE HONEY THIEF (1537)

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WE WERE INTRODUCED TO HIS WORK IN

WITTENBURG, GERMANY IN THE HOME OF MARTIN

LUTHER. LUCAS HAD PAINTED LUTHER TWO

TIMES. THESE PAINTINGS ARE STANDARDS ABOUT

THE WAY LUTHER LOOKED AT THAT TIME.

SO WE HAVE FOLLOWED LUCAS’ WORK ALL OVER

THE WORLD.

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BY GERMAN ARTIST:HANS

BALDUNGGRIEN

(1484-1545)

VENUS WITH AMOR (1525)

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THE ONLY THING WRONG

WITH THIS PHOTO IS :

IT IS BIOLOGICALLY

IMPOSSIBLE FOR A WOMAN

IN 1525 TO HAVE

LEGS LIKE THESE.

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THIS IS A FIND!

THIS IS THE PERSON

WHO WAS SHOT

DURING WWI AS A SPY FOR THE

GERMANS.. YES IT IS

THE:

MATA HARI

THE PAINTING

WAS MADE IN 1916, ONE

YEAR BEFORE SHE WAS KILLED

BY FIRING SQUAD.

PAINTED BY ISAAC

ISRAELS (1865- 1934)

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READ ABOVE ABOUT ISAAC ISRAELS’ LIFE

AND ARTISTIC CAREER.

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THOUGHTS BY DON ALLENVINCENT VAN GOGH

FACT: THERE ARE 95 PAINTINGS BY VAN GOGH. I CAN ONLY SHOW A FEW.

IT IS THE LARGEST COLLECTION IN THE WORLD, BEHIND THE VAN GOGH

MUSEUM IN AMSTERDAM..

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LATE LUNCH …FAST ONE..

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YES! THE ANIMAL HEAD IS THE ONE ON THE RIGHT!

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WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?

YES! THIS IS ART! GOSH! A MAN VERY SELDOM GETS THE

CHANCE TO SEE ANYTHING LIKE

THIS!

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WE ARE DRIVING ON TO OUR NEXT DESTINATION: THE CITIES OF AACHEN AND

WAGENINGEN. HANG ON: THERE IS MORE TO SEE..

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THIS IS THE CITY OF ARNHEM.. VERY WONDERFUL LITTLE CITY. VERY OLD AND

NEAT BUILDINGS..

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THIS IS THE CITY OF ARNHEM.. VERY WONDERFUL NEW CENTRAL STATION…

NEAT BUILDING..

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NOW GOING TO THE CITY OF WAGENINGEN.. VERY HISTORICAL CITY DURING WWII.. NEAT

OLD BUILDINGS..

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WAGENINGEN IS A HISTORIC TOWN IN THE CENTRAL NETHERLANDS, IN THE PROVINCE OF

GELDERLAND. THE PEOPLE, CITY, AND INSTITUTIONS OF

WAGENINGEN SUFFERED GREATLY DURING WWII. THE CENTRAL PART OF WAGENINGEN WAS DESTROYED BY ARTILLERY FIRE SOON

AFTER THE GERMAN INVASION OF THE COUNTRY IN MAY 1940.

THE TOWN IS ALSO FAMOUS FOR ITS ROLE AT THE END OF THE WAR: WAGENINGEN WAS THE SITE OF THE SURRENDER OF GERMAN

GENERAL JOHANNES BLASKOWITZ TO CANADIAN GENERAL CHARLES FOULKES ON MAY 5, 1945, OFFICIALLY ENDING THE WAR IN

THE NETHERLANDS. THE GENERALS NEGOTIATED THE TERMS OF SURRENDER IN THE HOTEL DE WERELD, NEAR THE CENTER

OF THE CITY.

NOW, EACH YEAR ON THE 5TH OF MAY, LIBERATION DAY IN THE NETHERLANDS,

WAGENINGEN HOSTS A LARGE FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE THE LIBERATION.

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HOTEL DE WERELD (MEANING HOTEL THE WORLD) IN WAGENINGEN WAS THE SITE OF

THE CAPITULATION OF THE GERMAN TROOPS IN THE NETHERLANDS ON 5 AND 6 MAY 1945,

AND THE END OF GERMAN OCCUPATION DURING WWII.

ON 6 MAY 1945, THE GERMAN GENERAL BLASKOWITZ SURRENDERED TO THE

CANADIAN GENERAL FOULKES, WHICH ENDED THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN THE

NETHERLANDS. THE GENERALS NEGOTIATED THE TERMS OF SURRENDER IN

THE HOTEL DE WERELD.

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A HISTORY LESSON BY DON ALLENWHEN BRITISH FIELD MARSHAL

MONTGOMERY REACHED LUBECK AND THE BALTIC SEA IN THE BEGINNING OF MAY 1945,

THE GERMAN TROOPS IN DENMARK AND PART OF THE NETHERLANDS WERE ISOLATED

FROM THEIR HOME BASE. WITHOUT MAJOR FIGHTS, THEY SURRENDERED TO

MONTGOMERY ON MAY 4 AT LUNEBURG HEATH.

ON 5 MAY 1945 THE NEGOTIATION FOR THE SURRENDER OF THE GERMANS IN THE

NETHERLANDS TOOK PLACE IN THE HOTEL. LEAD NEGOTIATOR: THE CANADIAN GENERAL

CHARLES FOULKES, CANADIAN GENERAL GEORGE KITCHING, PRINCE BERNHARD,

ADVISOR AND CONSORT OF QUEEN JULIANA OF THE NETHERLANDS, AND THE GERMAN GENERALS BLASKOWITZ AND REICHELL

WERE PRESENT. ON 6 MAY 1945 THE OFFICIAL SIGNING OF THE

CAPITULATION ACT TOOK PLACE IN THE WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY NEXT TO THE

HOTEL.

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WE WENT DOWN THE STREET TO A PIZZA HOUSE AND HAD A GREAT

DINNER. THEN ANGELO DROVE US SAFELY BACK HOME. WE WERE IN

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IT IS TIME TO FINISH THIS DATA.THIS IS THE END OF (PART B)

THIS EPISTLE IS DONE.SO LET IT BE WRITTEN:

SO LET IT BE DONE.“HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS”

LIFE IS GOOD! LOVE IS BETTER!