Tag: art
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If it’s October, this must be Belgium (#12, Final Post)
Last Day in Brussels: The Fine Arts and Magritte Museums October 29, 2025 We fly back to New York tomorrow, October 30. For our last day in Brussels, we wanted to check out the museum dedicated to Belgium’s own René Magritte. We were surprised that the Musée Magritte is actually a part of the complex…
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If it’s October, this must be Belgium (#10)
Maison Hannon, Design Museum, and the Atomium October 26-27, 2025 On Sunday, we made an attempt to see the Horta Museum. You’ll recall that Victor Horta (1861-1947) was a Belgian architect and designer, and one of the founders of the Art Nouveau movement. His home is a museum, and a resplendent example of his art.…
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If it’s October, this must be Belgium (#4)
The Upper Town Walk Saturday, October 18, 2025 The Lower Town of Brussels, which we visited yesterday, is more the old renaissance, bourgeois, commercial part. The Upper Town is more the aristocratic, royal part. The start of Rick Steves’ Upper Town Walk is the statue of Godfrey of Bouillon (1060 – 1100). He is famous…
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“Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again…”
Last Day in Copenhagen Wednesday, June 18, 2025 Up and out to the Metro (as usual, clean, fast, efficient, uncrowded)… …to take us to the Danish Design Museum (thanks again to Marilyn for this recommendation). On the way, we stopped at the Marmorkirken (Marble Church) in the ritzy Amalienborg neighborhood, built by Frederik V as…
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“Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again…”
The Louisiana (not the New Orleans one) Tuesday, June 17, 2025 Getting the hang of the excellent, clean, fast and efficient transportation system: Today we took the C5 bus to the Central Station and took the Tog (commuter train) to Humlebæk, north of Copenhagen proper, to the home of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.…
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Abroad at Home, Part 2
“John Singer Sargent’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” December 22, 2023 When we last left Stef and Stan, they were doing a sort of Stay-Cation, playing tourist in New York City. A lot of that involved the Gilded Mansions tour run by Untapped New York. Lots of references to “The Gilded Age: ”Astors vs. Vanderbilts, Old Money vs. New…
Something to Declare 