Wandering Browns

The back of the museum and sculpture garden In order to avoid being "arted out" during my time in Europe, I decided to pick one art museum per city to visit. Due to the wide variety in the collection and all the familiar names, I picked the Boijmans Van Beuningan museum in Rotterdam. It is named after two art collectors that left their collections to the city of Rotterdam. Boijmans left his collection to the city in 1849 and soon it was on display for all to enjoy.  Performance artists in the background We stopped in for a quick bite to eat at the cafe in front of the museum and had delicious hot chocolate and apple tart. Then I put Landon down for a nap. Due to the placement of the elevator, we started in the modern/ temporary exhibition wing. Coming out of the elevator, we immediately were taken in by the performance artists doing very interesting, jerky and flowing choreography in the middle of the museum. It seemed to be structured around a dance rehearsal,...

The front of the old train station/museum! Landon was so excited for the model train! After taking a tram and two trains, I walked the few kilometers from Utrecht central station to the railroad museum. Landon was so excited to be there that he looked at the ticket counter and surrounding area and ran straight to the end to look at this solitary model. Little did he know what lay ahead. The first building of the museum is the old train station. They had rooms decorated and set up for 1st class, 2nd class, and 3rd class. The 1st class room looked like a fancy formal sitting room! Left luggage from many generations Seeing the artistry of the train station and the nicely decorated sitting rooms made me realize how classy and nice travel used to be. It was reserved for those with the money to do so, and was about making a nice experience as well as getting from point A to point B. Landon and a real-live train The stately old station ...