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Callalily

(14,973 posts) Fri Jul 5, 2024, 12:39 PM Jul 5

A few photos from my recent trip to the Netherlands

Canal

Commemorative brass plaque

Scattered throughout Europe, planted in city streets and sidewalks, commemorative brass plaques eternalize the lives that were lost in the Holocaust. Called the Stolpersteine (in English: “stumbling stones”), the plaques commemorate the victims of the Nazi regime.

Caucasian Wingnut in the garden of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

Wager Cup - circa 1625, Silver
The tiny archer (a Roman Soldier) can spin around, keeping his balance by means of the semicircular metal rid with a bird bird on both ends. The empty cup was probably placed on the table among the guests. The archer was spun and when he stopped, his arrow pointed to the person who had to give the first toast.

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A few photos from my recent trip to the Netherlands (Original Post) Callalily Jul 5 OP

I love Amsterdam! Thank you for these. Solly Mack Jul 5 #1

I too love Amsterdam. We had a fun time. Callalily Jul 6 #12

Ah, yes! ChazInAz Jul 5 #2

Great memorial. I've seen these in other European countries. Callalily Jul 6 #13

They are lovely and i appreciate your captions. Diamond_Dog Jul 5 #3

Not so much anymore, as it's warmer than times past, so the canals don't really freeze tight. Callalily Jul 6 #14

Great pics! 👍 anciano Jul 5 #4

You are welcome. Callalily Jul 6 #15

Thanks for sharing! Nt Grumpy Old Guy Jul 5 #5

You are most welcome! Callalily Jul 6 #16

I have spent some time in the Netherlands. Jeebo Jul 5 #6

Yes, the canal photo is in Amsterdam. It's one of many. Callalily Jul 6 #17

Beautiful photos, my dear Callalily! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 5 #7

Thanks for your kind words. You would love Amsterdam. Callalily Jul 6 #18

I have pics of stolpersteine from Oslo! LearnedHand Jul 5 #8

Thanks for the link. Callalily Jul 6 #19

Very nice. I love the canal. Thank you for sharing. LoisB Jul 5 #9

You are welcome. Callalily Jul 6 #20

That doesn't look like any of the Caucasian wingnuts I've encountered. eppur_se_muova Jul 5 #10

Hehehehehehe! Callalily Jul 6 #21

Thank You! Turbineguy Jul 5 #11

You are welcome! Callalily Jul 6 #22

Solly Mack

(91,533 posts)

1. I love Amsterdam! Thank you for these.

Reply to Callalily (Original post)

Fri Jul 5, 2024, 12:51 PM

Jul 5

Callalily

(14,973 posts)

12. I too love Amsterdam. We had a fun time.

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 6, 2024, 07:25 AM

Jul 6

ChazInAz

(2,714 posts)

2. Ah, yes!

Reply to Callalily (Original post)

Fri Jul 5, 2024, 12:57 PM

Jul 5

Loved the Netherlands.
The Stolpersteiner stopped me dead in my tracks on one of my perambulations. I quite literally stumbled to a stop when I read some of the plaques in a Jewish neighborhood, and tears filled my eyes. Took me a while to get going again.
Budapest's shoe monumental had the same effect.

Callalily

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13. Great memorial. I've seen these in other European countries.

Reply to ChazInAz (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 6, 2024, 07:25 AM

Jul 6

Diamond_Dog

(33,624 posts)

3. They are lovely and i appreciate your captions.

Reply to Callalily (Original post)

Fri Jul 5, 2024, 12:59 PM

Jul 5

I wonder if they skate on the canals in the winter.

Callalily

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14. Not so much anymore, as it's warmer than times past, so the canals don't really freeze tight.

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 6, 2024, 07:26 AM

Jul 6

anciano

(1,418 posts)

4. Great pics! 👍

Reply to Callalily (Original post)

Fri Jul 5, 2024, 01:16 PM

Jul 5

Thank you for sharing them.

Callalily

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15. You are welcome.

Reply to anciano (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 6, 2024, 07:26 AM

Jul 6

Grumpy Old Guy

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5. Thanks for sharing! Nt

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Fri Jul 5, 2024, 01:17 PM

Jul 5

Callalily

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16. You are most welcome!

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Sat Jul 6, 2024, 07:26 AM

Jul 6

Jeebo

(2,159 posts)

6. I have spent some time in the Netherlands.

Reply to Callalily (Original post)

Fri Jul 5, 2024, 01:23 PM

Jul 5

The last time I was there was April 2007. That whole country is literally picture-postcard pretty, and these pictures show it. I spent most of one day at the Rijksmuseum, and I spent many hours wandering around the canal streets in Amsterdam. In all of my trips there but one, I stayed in a canal house that I found on a bed-and-breakfast site on the internet that was built in 1602, as I recall. That house itself is a fascinating place. Was your canal picture in Amsterdam? It looks like it was. I would love to visit Amsterdam again, but I'm afraid I'm just too old and frail now to be doing that kind of traveling.

-- Ron

Callalily

(14,973 posts)

17. Yes, the canal photo is in Amsterdam. It's one of many.

Reply to Jeebo (Reply #6)

Sat Jul 6, 2024, 07:27 AM

Jul 6

CaliforniaPeggy

(151,245 posts)

7. Beautiful photos, my dear Callalily!

Reply to Callalily (Original post)

Fri Jul 5, 2024, 01:37 PM

Jul 5

I’ve never been there but I wish I could’ve.

These are all great. Thanks for sharing them.

Callalily

(14,973 posts)

18. Thanks for your kind words. You would love Amsterdam.

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Sat Jul 6, 2024, 07:28 AM

Jul 6

LearnedHand

(3,741 posts)

8. I have pics of stolpersteine from Oslo!

Reply to Callalily (Original post)

Fri Jul 5, 2024, 01:39 PM

Jul 5

In Norwegian they're called "snublesteiner." The specific commemoration is the snublestein marks the last spot the person stood freely before being carted off to the camps or murdered outright.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolperstein