Well I'm gonna backtrack a bit and blog more about Amsterdam before writing about Barcelona. Saving the best for last eh? :) So this time, I finally got to go to the museums in Amsterdam that I've been wanting to. First we went to the Rijksmuseum and I actually got to see some of Rembrandt's works which was really cool. As we were there on a Friday night, there was also a lot going on. There was a little cello recital right in the middle of one of the galleries and they were selling food and drinks and there were a lot of people. Why can't we have happening museums like that here?!
The museum's exterior and us posing around in the dark.
After the rijksmuseum, we walked through this park thing to get to the Van Gogh museum. While there, we saw two really cute Siberian Huskies so we asked this guy who was the owner if we could take pictures. They look so pretty! Macam wolves eh?
After that we went to the Van Gogh museum and that was also an incredible experience. It felt so surreal to see his Sunflowers painting. I remember how Cik Dek had that in his living room. Actually I think it was Cik Dek who first told me about Van Gogh. It was really amazing to see his works. And I especially loved Almond Blossom cause the blue background is so intense and vibrant and it looks really nice.
The only downer was that I didn't get to see my favourite painting, Starry Night. I was really looking forward to that and Arlin had told me how amazing it looks for real and all. I looked at every single painting and couldn't find it. Turns out it's in New York, at the Museum of Modern Art. Argh!! Now I have to go to New York too! Oh yeah there was a special Barcelona exhibition too at the Van Gogh museum and we saw some of Picasso's works as well.
And after spending a total of 7 or 8 hours at the museums, we went for dinner at this nice little Italian restaurant.
A few days later, we went to yet another museum, the Anne Frank museum. It was the house that she and her family lived in for 3 years during the war. It was really small and cramped and it makes you wonder how she and everyone there managed to be cooped up there for so long without going out at all. And there were these markings on one of the walls which showed Anne and her sister Margot's heights while they were growing up there. I felt really touched to see everything cause I remember reading her diary when I was 13. I remember how when I got to the end of the book and it said that she died in a concentration camp, I cried and cried like crazy. It was a memorable experience to be at the place where she wrote down all her thoughts and feelings all those years ago.
*Renee*
Yup I agree! It was Cik Dek who first introduced me to Van Gogh...cause he had that Sunflowers painting..and also the other one...don't remember what its called in his living room....:)
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