1. Hilary Buchanan is a huge sweetheart! She's really great at making people feel loved, and I just adore her. But I checked my email this morning and found this...
It totally made my day.
2. Amsterdam's Museumnacht is incredible! For one night 41 of Amsterdam's museums are open late with special exhibitions and performances. Brooke and I went with some friends to Artis and went on a late night zoo tour and to the aquarium! It was so fun. A really nice fall night with lots of warme chocomel. Granted we only ended up at the zoo tour by accident, being confused first time Museumnachters with a small understanding of Dutch. We did see a lot of animals lit by flashlight though! But the aquarium was beautiful. So many exotic, colorful fish in lots of different spaces. Incredible!
Then we checked out the Portuguese Synagogue (which I didn't even know existed). It doesn't have any electricity so it was lit entirely by candlelight. It was beautiful! The synagogue was much simpler than cathedrals I've seen, and I really liked it. Beautiful wooden ceiling and big, silver colored windows. We got there right before midnight as a small men's choir was preparing to sing. The voices, the candlelight, the people, the architecture...it was amazing.
Unfortunately, we didn't make it to the Rijks in time to see the much talked about Damien Hirst diamond skull, but that can be for another time.
1 comment:
that's so beautiful!!!!! the candlelight is amazing!
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