Bus tours of European cities - a fascinating form of travel. Deserves a separate story almost every town on the route. For example, the impressions of our constant readers Samartseva George, who visited in Amsterdam.
This morning we had a leisurely Antwerp, feeling the breath of Rubens and Van Dyck, and three hours later, our bus was rode in Amsterdam - a wonderful city on the Amstel River, built on piles, divided by numerous canals, piped boats and barges, connected by hundreds of bridges. City of sailors, bikers, fishermen, vendors of flowers and diamonds ...
first trip to the diamond factory. First review of historical exposition, and then witnessing the miracle of cut and then closed the door, open safes - and black velvet lining before us the masterpieces of jewelry art. The smallest of them can not even buy.
However, the principal wonders await us very close. Almost a quarter of a majestic building Rijksmuseum. Treasures of the Northern Netherlands, starting from XV-XVI centuries, from Van Eyck, F. Hals, and P. Bruegel. A higher unbeatable bouquets of flowers and still lifes by J. Brueghel, J. de Hay de Zwart ... Crowned the greatest exposition of paintings by Rembrandt's Night Watch. " Seemed to merge with the XVII century, so great sense of presence. Kiosks many albums, cheap postcards with reproductions.
I'd like to succeed in the Van Gogh Museum. Multi-storey modern building. Not even imagined that one place you can collect about 200 paintings of one of the most mysterious artists. Van Gogh is endless. The sea of