VICKI & DON (PART B) FROM HOME IS WHERE TO HEART IS: IN ROTTERDAM. KLEIWEG 170A 3051SJ ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS 88888888888888888888 DAILY DATA REPORT: VOLUME 2018, EDITION - AUGUST DATA FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 17TH, 2018 THROUGH SATURDAY, AUGUST 18TH, 2018 EPISTLE RESEARCH OF DON ALLEN TO STEAL IDEAS FROM SOMEONE IS PLAGIARISM. TO STEAL FROM MANY IS CALLED RESEARCH. 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.
SATURDAY AUGUST 18TH FROM HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS: IN ROTTERDAM. MONIQUE S LOVELY STUDIO (AIRBNB) ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS 8888888888888888 THE PLAN OF THE DAY: 8888888888888888 TRIP WITH ANGELO TO THE NORTH OF THE NETHERLANDS: TO DE HOGE NATIONAL PARK & MUSEUM, TO KROLLER-MULLER CASTLE, TO KROLLER-MULLER ART MUSEUM, TO WAGENINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS TO HAVE DINNER, THEN HOME. THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF PART A.. WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO VISIT KROLLER-MULLER ART MUSEUM. 2 PAGE
THE KRÖLLER-MÜLLER MUSEUM IS THE LIFE WORK OF HELENE KRÖLLER-MÜLLER (1869-1939). TOGETHER WITH HER HUSBAND ANTON KRÖLLER SHE ACQUIRED NEARLY 11,500 WORKS OF ART BETWEEN 1907 AND 1922. THIS MAKES HER COLLECTION ONE OF THE LARGEST PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. THE MUSEUM: HELENE DREAMT OF HER OWN MUSEUM HOUSE, WHERE SHE COULD SHARE HER LOVE OF MODERN ART WITH EVERYONE. SHE SAW THAT DREAM MATERIALIZE IN 1938 WHEN THE KRÖLLER-MÜLLER MUSEUM OPENED ITS DOORS. THE DESIGN PROVIDED A SITE FOR HER TO SHOW HER 95 PAINTINGS AND 150+ DRAWINGS BY VINCENT VAN GOGH 3 PAGE
THE SCULPTURE GARDEN THE SCULPTURE GARDEN DESIGNED BY PROF. JAN BIJHOUWER WAS OPENED IN 1961, WITH WORKS BY AUGUSTE RODIN, HENRY MOORE AND BARBARA HEPWORTH AMONG OTHERS. THE SCULPTURE GARDEN DEVELOPED INTO ONE OF THE LARGEST IN EUROPE, WITH OVER 160 SCULPTURES BY ICONIC ARTISTS. 4 PAGE
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16 PAGE EVERYBODY NEEDS A PIECE OF THIS WORK OF THE SKINNY GUY. I HAVE SEE HIM IN MANY PLACES IN THE WORLD. IT IS ART BY ALBERTO GIACOMETTI. (1901-1966)
READ THE DATA TO THE LEFT ABOUT: ALBERTO GIACOMETTI HE HAS WORKS IN MOST EVERY MUSEUM WE HAVE BEEN IN.. EVERYBODY NEEDS ONE.. WE ARE NOW ENTERING THE WORLD OF OLD MASTERS NOT MANY, BUT BOY ARE THEY EVER GOOD! 17 PAGE
BY GERMAN ARTIST: LUCAS CRANACH DE OUDE (1452-1553) VENUS WITH AMOR THE HONEY THIEF (1537) 18 PAGE
WE WERE INTRODUCED TO HIS WORK IN WITTENBURG, GERMANY IN THE HOME OF MARTIN LUTHER. LUCAS HAD PAINTED LUTHER TWO TIMES. THESE PAINTINGS ARE STANDARDS ABOUT THE WAY LUTHER LOOKED AT THAT TIME. SO WE HAVE FOLLOWED LUCAS WORK ALL OVER THE WORLD. 19 PAGE
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BY GERMAN ARTIST: HANS BALDUNG GRIEN (1484-1545) VENUS WITH AMOR (1525) 21 PAGE
22 PAGE THE ONLY THING WRONG WITH THIS PHOTO IS : IT IS BIOLOGICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR A WOMAN IN 1525 TO HAVE LEGS LIKE THESE.
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THIS IS A FIND! THIS IS THE PERSON WHO WAS SHOT DURING WWI AS A SPY FOR THE GERMANS.. YES IT IS THE: MATA HARI THE PAINTING WAS MADE IN 1916, ONE YEAR BEFORE SHE WAS KILLED BY FIRING SQUAD. PAINTED BY ISAAC ISRAELS (1865-1934) 26 PAGE
READ ABOVE ABOUT ISAAC ISRAELS LIFE AND ARTISTIC CAREER. 27 PAGE
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THOUGHTS BY DON ALLEN VINCENT VAN GOGH FACT: THERE ARE 95 PAINTINGS BY VAN GOGH. I CAN ONLY SHOW A FEW. IT IS THE LARGEST COLLECTION IN THE WORLD, BEHIND THE VAN GOGH MUSEUM IN AMSTERDAM.. 37 PAGE
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LATE LUNCH FAST ONE.. 52 PAGE
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YES! THE ANIMAL HEAD IS THE ONE ON THE RIGHT! 57 PAGE
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59 PAGE WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU? YES! THIS IS ART! GOSH! A MAN VERY SELDOM GETS THE CHANCE TO SEE ANYTHING LIKE THIS!
WE ARE DRIVING ON TO OUR NEXT DESTINATION: THE CITIES OF AACHEN AND WAGENINGEN. HANG ON: THERE IS MORE TO SEE.. 60 PAGE
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THIS IS THE CITY OF ARNHEM.. VERY WONDERFUL LITTLE CITY. VERY OLD AND NEAT BUILDINGS.. 62 PAGE
THIS IS THE CITY OF ARNHEM.. VERY WONDERFUL NEW CENTRAL STATION NEAT BUILDING.. 63 PAGE
NOW GOING TO THE CITY OF WAGENINGEN.. VERY HISTORICAL CITY DURING WWII.. NEAT OLD BUILDINGS.. 64 PAGE
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WAGENINGEN IS A HISTORIC TOWN IN THE CENTRAL NETHERLANDS, IN THE PROVINCE OF GELDERLAND. THE PEOPLE, CITY, AND INSTITUTIONS OF WAGENINGEN SUFFERED GREATLY DURING WWII. THE CENTRAL PART OF WAGENINGEN WAS DESTROYED BY ARTILLERY FIRE SOON AFTER THE GERMAN INVASION OF THE COUNTRY IN MAY 1940. THE TOWN IS ALSO FAMOUS FOR ITS ROLE AT THE END OF THE WAR: WAGENINGEN WAS THE SITE OF THE SURRENDER OF GERMAN GENERAL JOHANNES BLASKOWITZ TO CANADIAN GENERAL CHARLES FOULKES ON MAY 5, 1945, OFFICIALLY ENDING THE WAR IN THE NETHERLANDS. THE GENERALS NEGOTIATED THE TERMS OF SURRENDER IN THE HOTEL DE WERELD, NEAR THE CENTER OF THE CITY. NOW, EACH YEAR ON THE 5TH OF MAY, LIBERATION DAY IN THE NETHERLANDS, WAGENINGEN HOSTS A LARGE FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE THE LIBERATION. 69 PAGE
HOTEL DE WERELD (MEANING HOTEL THE WORLD) IN WAGENINGEN WAS THE SITE OF THE CAPITULATION OF THE GERMAN TROOPS IN THE NETHERLANDS ON 5 AND 6 MAY 1945, AND THE END OF GERMAN OCCUPATION DURING WWII. ON 6 MAY 1945, THE GERMAN GENERAL BLASKOWITZ SURRENDERED TO THE CANADIAN GENERAL FOULKES, WHICH ENDED THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN THE NETHERLANDS. THE GENERALS NEGOTIATED THE TERMS OF SURRENDER IN THE HOTEL DE WERELD. 70 PAGE
A HISTORY LESSON BY DON ALLEN WHEN BRITISH FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY REACHED LUBECK AND THE BALTIC SEA IN THE BEGINNING OF MAY 1945, THE GERMAN TROOPS IN DENMARK AND PART OF THE NETHERLANDS WERE ISOLATED FROM THEIR HOME BASE. WITHOUT MAJOR FIGHTS, THEY SURRENDERED TO MONTGOMERY ON MAY 4 AT LUNEBURG HEATH. ON 5 MAY 1945 THE NEGOTIATION FOR THE SURRENDER OF THE GERMANS IN THE NETHERLANDS TOOK PLACE IN THE HOTEL. LEAD NEGOTIATOR: THE CANADIAN GENERAL CHARLES FOULKES, CANADIAN GENERAL GEORGE KITCHING, PRINCE BERNHARD, ADVISOR AND CONSORT OF QUEEN JULIANA OF THE NETHERLANDS, AND THE GERMAN GENERALS BLASKOWITZ AND REICHELL WERE PRESENT. ON 6 MAY 1945 THE OFFICIAL SIGNING OF THE CAPITULATION ACT TOOK PLACE IN THE WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY NEXT TO THE HOTEL. 71 PAGE
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WE WENT DOWN THE STREET TO A PIZZA HOUSE AND HAD A GREAT DINNER. THEN ANGELO DROVE US SAFELY BACK HOME. WE WERE IN BED AT 23:00.. LONG DAY! 8888888888888 IT IS TIME TO FINISH THIS DATA. THIS IS THE END OF (PART B) 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! 75 PAGE