VICKI & DON FROM HOME IS WHERE TO HEART IS: IN ROTTERDAM. KLEIWEG 170A 3051SJ ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS MONDAY, JUNE 25TH, 2018

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1 VICKI & DON FROM HOME IS WHERE TO HEART IS: IN ROTTERDAM. KLEIWEG 170A 3051SJ ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS DAILY DATA REPORT: VOLUME 2018, EDITION - JUNE DATA FOR MONDAY, JUNE 25TH, 2018 THOUGHTS OF ANDRE GIDE MAN CANNOT DISCOVER NEW OCEANS UNLESS HE HAS THE COURAGE TO LOSE THE SIGHT OF LAND. 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. 1 PAGE So throw off the bowlines.sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.

2 MONDAY JUNE 25TH FROM HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS: IN ROTTERDAM. MONIQUE S LOVELY STUDIO (AIRBNB) ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS THE PLAN OF THE DAY: EPISTLE WORK, TOUR OF ROTTERDAM CITY CENTER TO SEE WHAT WE CAN SEE.. MAKING PLANS FOR TRIP TO ANTWERPEN (ANTWERP) 2 PAGE

3 WE LEFT IN THE AFTERNOON ON THE TRAM TO THE ROTTERDAM CENTRAL STATION TO ASK QUESTIONS AND FIRM UP TRIP WE HAVE PLANNED TO GO TO ANTWERPEN (ANTWERP, BELGIUM).. WHILE IN TOWN CENTER, WE DECIDED TO TAKE A WALK AROUND TO SEE WHAT WE COULD SEE.. WOW! HANG ON! 3 PAGE

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5 THE ROTTERDAM CUBE HOUSES CUBE HOUSES ARE A SET OF INNOVATIVE HOUSES BUILT IN THE CITY CENTER AND BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF "LIVING AS AN URBAN ROOF": HIGH DENSITY HOUSING WITH SUFFICIENT SPACE ON THE GROUND LEVEL, SINCE ITS MAIN PURPOSE IS TO OPTIMIZE THE SPACE INSIDE. THEY ARE A TILTED CUBE OF A CONVENTIONAL HOUSE 45 DEGREES, AND RESTED UPON A HEXAGON- SHAPED PYLON. THE DESIGN REPRESENTS A VILLAGE WITHIN A CITY, WHERE EACH HOUSE REPRESENTS A TREE, AND ALL THE HOUSES TOGETHER, A FOREST. THE CENTRAL IDEA OF THE CUBE HOUSES AROUND THE WORLD IS MAINLY OPTIMIZING THE SPACE, AS A HOUSE, TO A BETTER DISTRIBUTION OF THE ROOMS INSIDE. (NOW SAY: GOLLY GEE WHIZ! 10 TIMES!) 5 PAGE

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8 8 PAGE YES, WE ARE NOW TAKING A TOUR OF A CUBE. WE SHALL SEE WHAT WE SEE!

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19 SO YOU ASK THE QUESTION: WOULD I LIVE IN A PLACE LIKE THIS? YES, AS IN DOUBLE YES! IT WOULD BE FUN.. HOWEVER, I WOULD HAVE TO HURRY, BECAUSE I AM GOING ON 82 AND NOT SURE I COULD MAKE THE STEPS FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS.. SUCH IS LIFE! WE WALKED DOWNSTAIRS UNDER THE FOREST AND LOOKED AROUND. DOWNSTAIRS IS A HOSTEL FOR YOUNG FOLKS AND SEVERAL RESTAURANTS AND OTHER BUSINESSES. THERE IS ALSO THE MUSEUM OF CHESS OR THE SCHAAKSTUKKEN MUSEUM.. WHICHEVER WORDS YOU WANT TO USE. 19 PAGE

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22 THE SCHAAKSTUKKEN MUSEUM (CHESSMEN MUSEUM) IS PROUD TO BE THE SMALLEST MUSEUM IN ROTTERDAM. IT ENCOMPASSES HUNDREDS OF UNIQUE CHESS SETS. EACH ONE TELLS A STORY OF ITS OWN, WHICH THE OWNER, GLADLY TELLS YOU ALL ABOUT. IT S A HOBBY THAT GOT OUT OF HAND, HE SAYS. WHEN I HAD 400 CHESS SETS, MY LIVING ROOM WAS GETTING TOO SMALL. ADDED TO THAT, THE SPACE UNDERNEATH THE CUBE HOUSES BECAME AVAILABLE, SO IT WAS THE PERFECT TIME TO START A MUSEUM. 22 PAGE

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28 A VERY RARE EXAMPLE OF A THREE PLAYER CHESS GAME YOU JUST DON T SEE THESE VERY OFTEN. THERE WAS ONLY ONE ON DISPLAY. GOLLY GEE WHIZ! 28 PAGE

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30 THIS WAS A NEAT SPOT.. IF YOU ARE A CHESS GEEK, THIS IS YOUR PLACE.. MANY THINGS TO DUST.. NO WONDER THE OWNER PUT THEM IN HERE. COME SEE IT! 30 PAGE

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38 THE MARKTHAL MARKET HALL IS A RESIDENTIAL AND OFFICE BUILDING WITH A MARKET HALL UNDERNEATH, LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY. THE BUILDING WAS OPENED ON OCTOBER 1, 2014, BY QUEEN MAXIMA. BESIDES THE LARGE MARKET HALL, THE COMPLEX HOUSES 228 APARTMENTS, 6200 SQ METERS (66,700 SQ FT) RETAIL AREA AND AN UNDERGROUND 4-STORY PARKING GARAGE WITH A CAPACITY OF CARS. 38 PAGE

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42 REFLECTIONS IN WINDOWS NEXT DOOR.. AMAZING! 42 PAGE

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47 SCULPTURE OF DESIDERIO ERASMO 47 PAGE

48 WE WALKED PAST THE POLICE STATION HEADQUARTERS OF THE CITY. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT DAY. WE WILL CATCH THE TRAM HOME AND FIX SUPPER.. 48 PAGE

49 IT IS TIME TO FINISH THIS DATA. 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! 49 PAGE