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marvinbrown

#300
February 04, 2009, 06:46:06 AM
Quote from: Novi on February 04, 2009, 06:16:02 AM


The Netherlands is a beautiful country!

  I have never been to Holland but after seeing these very beautiful pictures I would definitely like to go.  All those beautiful churches, rivers  0:) my God Holland is truly beautiful! 

  marvin

Herman

#302
February 04, 2009, 12:54:39 PM Last Edit: February 04, 2009, 12:57:52 PM by Herman
Those aren't really rivers but canals, marvin  -  the water isn't going anywhere.

Delft is a very pretty town. Having spent close to fifteen years in Leiden I sometimes picture myself ending up on a little canal in Delft living a Vermeer life.

Dundonnell

#303
February 04, 2009, 01:10:56 PM
Quote from: Herman on February 04, 2009, 12:54:39 PM
Those aren't really rivers but canals, marvin  -  the water isn't going anywhere.

Delft is a very pretty town. Having spent close to fifteen years in Leiden I sometimes picture myself ending up on a little canal in Delft living a Vermeer life.

We missed out on Leiden :( Haarlem, Utrecht, Delft, Den Haag(The Hague, for those who don't know ;D) were all visited.

Leiden next time, for sure :)

pjme

#304
February 04, 2009, 01:33:49 PM
There are beautiful rivers in the Netherlands : Lek, Waal, Vecht, Linge...
This photo is from the Belgian/Dutch border Schelde region (Saeftinghe)




Lilas Pastia

#305
February 04, 2009, 06:10:30 PM Last Edit: February 04, 2009, 06:12:25 PM by Lilas Pastia
Holland is also a country with more roads per square mile than any other place on the planet. But whatever is left of greenery is beautifully preserved - including beautiful city parks and tree-lined streets. Considering its limitations, the country made the most out of its environment. I must have pictures somewhere of Marken and Vollendam. Many moons ago I recall having been transported to another world when visiting Amsterdam's Begijnhof (picture under - not mine, but I didn't have a camera then).



Maastricht is also a beautiful and imposing city, the center of a thriving ancient commercial axis with neighbouring Germany (Aachen) and Belgium (Liège).



The Maas (Meuse) in Maastricht. When it merges with the Rhine it becomes the Waal

marvinbrown

#306
February 14, 2009, 02:57:59 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on February 04, 2009, 06:10:30 PM
Holland is also a country with more roads per square mile than any other place on the planet. But whatever is left of greenery is beautifully preserved - including beautiful city parks and tree-lined streets. Considering its limitations, the country made the most out of its environment. I must have pictures somewhere of Marken and Vollendam. Many moons ago I recall having been transported to another world when visiting Amsterdam's Begijnhof (picture under - not mine, but I didn't have a camera then).




The Maas (Meuse) in Maastricht. When it merges with the Rhine it becomes the Waal

  This picture is stunning Lilas- simply STUNNING!

  marvin

vandermolen

#307
February 15, 2009, 01:13:41 AM
It was a great pleasure to meet Colin (Dunndonell) in London yesterday, where we discussed History teaching, Arthur Butterworth, Rued Langgaard, Allan Pettersson, GMG Forum and much else besides. Photos to follow.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

J.Z. Herrenberg

#308
February 15, 2009, 04:50:39 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on February 15, 2009, 01:13:41 AM
It was a great pleasure to meet Colin (Dunndonell) in London yesterday, where we discussed History teaching, Arthur Butterworth, Rued Langgaard, Allan Pettersson, GMG Forum and much else besides. Photos to follow.

An historic occasion!
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. -- Plato

mahler10th

#309
February 15, 2009, 07:24:48 AM
 :o

karlhenning

#310
February 15, 2009, 07:38:02 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on February 15, 2009, 01:13:41 AM
It was a great pleasure to meet Colin (Dunndonell) in London yesterday, where we discussed History teaching, Arthur Butterworth, Rued Langgaard, Allan Pettersson, GMG Forum and much else besides. Photos to follow.

Splendid!

J.Z. Herrenberg

#311
February 15, 2009, 08:40:37 AM
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. -- Plato

vandermolen

#312
February 15, 2009, 01:43:25 PM
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

#313
February 15, 2009, 01:44:16 PM
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Dundonnell

#314
February 16, 2009, 11:37:43 AM
I very much enjoyed meeting Jeffrey(vandermolen) and his wife Katy in London on Saturday. We had a meal in an excellent pub near Trafalgar Square, crossed the Thames and had a coffee at the Festival Hall and walked along the Embankment deep in conversation about our favourite composers and our friends here(with especial reference to those in the country of the windmills and tulips ;D)

Looking forward very much to Jeffrey's photos appearing here shortly I hope :)

Solitary Wanderer

#315
February 16, 2009, 11:43:54 AM
This meeting sounds just wonderful - looking forward to the pic's.

Wish such a thing would happen for me here - I only have one elderly friend who enjoys classical music as much as me  :)
'I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.' ~ Emily Bronte

Sarastro

#316
February 16, 2009, 12:23:19 PM
Quote from: marvinbrown on February 14, 2009, 02:57:59 AM
  This picture is stunning Lilas- simply STUNNING!

It is, indeed. In California, you'll never see anything alike, and I am usually so thrilled about those European panoramas. Just can fell the history running through the streets.

J.Z. Herrenberg

#317
February 16, 2009, 01:00:39 PM
Quote from: Dundonnell on February 16, 2009, 11:37:43 AM
I very much enjoyed meeting Jeffrey(vandermolen) and his wife Katy in London on Saturday. We had a meal in an excellent pub near Trafalgar Square, crossed the Thames and had a coffee at the Festival Hall and walked along the Embankment deep in conversation about our favourite composers and our friends here(with especial reference to those in the country of the windmills and tulips ;D)

Looking forward very much to Jeffrey's photos appearing here shortly I hope :)

I have it from a reliable source  ;) that the pub was called 'Sherlock Holmes'! I remember seeing it when I was in London - is it near the Hungerford Foot Bridge, round the corner?
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. -- Plato

Dundonnell

#318
February 16, 2009, 02:57:08 PM
Quote from: Jezetha on February 16, 2009, 01:00:39 PM
I have it from a reliable source  ;) that the pub was called 'Sherlock Holmes'! I remember seeing it when I was in London - is it near the Hungerford Foot Bridge, round the corner?

Indeed the pub was the 'Sherlock Holmes'-a nice touch really-and it is near Hungerford Bridge. A photograph of the two GMG members was taken by a kind passer-by on the bridge. I hope that it has come out well :)

Dr. Dread

#319
February 16, 2009, 03:00:53 PM
Upon my meeting a GMG member face to face, I discovered we looked very much alike.
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