VICKI & DON FROM HOME IS WHERE TO HEART IS: IN ROTTERDAM. KLEIWEG 170A 3051SJ ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS 88888888888888888888 DAILY DATA REPORT: VOLUME 2018, EDITION - JULY DATA FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 25TH, 2018 THROUGH MONDAY, JULY 30th, 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.
WEDNESDAY JULY 25TH FROM HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS: IN ROTTERDAM. MONIQUE S LOVELY STUDIO (AIRBNB) ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS 8888888888888888 THE PLAN OF THE DAY: RECOVER FROM TRIP TO DELFT. UP AT 09:10.. EPISTLE WORK THIS WAS A KICK BACK DAY AROUND THE HOUSE 888888888888888 LEFT LEG STATUS LEFT LEG: NORMAL, NO SWELLING 8888888888888 2 PAGE
THURSDAY JULY 26TH FROM HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS: IN ROTTERDAM. MONIQUE S LOVELY STUDIO (AIRBNB) ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS 8888888888888888 THE PLAN OF THE DAY: TRIP TO SEE GHENT ALTAR PIECE AND AREA. WILL LEAVE THE HOUSE AT 06:30.. THIS WILL BE AN ALL DAY TRIP.. YES, WE WILL BE BACK VERY LATE.. 88888888888888 LEFT LEG STATUS LEFT LEG: NORMAL, NO SWELLING LEFT FOOT SWOLLEN?? 8888888888888 WE WENT TO BED AT 9:30PM.. WE BOTH UP A04:45.. SSSS, DRESSED AND WE HOPE OUT OF THE HOUSE BY 06:30 CATCH TRAM TO CENTRAL STATION AND THEN THE 07:10 TRAIN TO ANTWERPEN AND TRANSFER TO TRAIN TO GHANT.. 8888888888888 WE DID AS PLANNED AND CAUGHT OUR TRAIN AND HAD A GREAT RIDE AND TRANSFER.. THIS IS OUR FIRST AND MAY WELL BE ONLY TRIP TO GHENT.. THIS WILL BE A VERY FULL AND FAST LEARNING EXPERIENCE. WE ARRIVED AT GHENT SAINT PETERS STATION 3 PAGE
The origins of the railway station is a small station on the line Ghent- Ostend in 1881. At that time the main railway station of Ghent was the South railway station built in 1837. At the occasion of the 1913 world exhibition in Ghent, a new Sint- Pieters railway station was built. It was designed and finished in 1912 just before the World Exhibition. 4 PAGE
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WE WENT OUT OF TRAIN STATION AND CAUGHT THE #1 TRAM TO THE CENTRAL SQUARE IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY.. AND THERE WAS OUR DESTINATION.. RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.. THE SAINT BAVO CATHEDRAL AND ITS (292 FOOT) 89-METER-TALL GOTHIC CATHEDRAL TOWER IT IS THE SEAT OF THE DIOCESE OF GHENT, IS NAMED FOR SAINT BAVO OF GHENT, AND CONTAINS THE WELL-KNOWN GHENT ALTARPIECE. THIS IS THE FIRST THING YOU SEE AS YOU WALK IN : ADAM & EVE WITH CLOTHES ON.. 9 PAGE
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I AM AHEAD OF VICKI AND I TURN TO SEE WHERE SHE IS AND SHE TOOK MY PICTURE 12 PAGE
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THE MAIN REASON WE CAME TO GHENT WAS TO SEE THE VAN EYCK ALTARPIECE. IT WAS THE LAST OF THE FOUR MAIN REASONS WE CAME TO NORTHERN EUROPE. SO LET S REVIEW THESE REASONS AND OUR BUCKET LIST LINE ITEMS.. *** REMBRANDT HISTORY AND HIS NIGHT WATCH ***THE GREAT MICHELANGELO WORK OF THE MADONNA AND CHILD (THE ONLY PIECE TO LEAVE ROME IN HIS LIFE TIME) *** THE GHENT ALTARPIECE BY THE VAN EYCK BROTHERS *** THE PETER PAUL RUBENS COMPLEX.. 888888 THIS WILL BE A RED LETTER DAY FOR US BECAUSE ALL FOUR OF OUR REASONS ARE COMPLETED. 15 PAGE
WE WERE ASKED FOR A FEE TO ENTER THE VIEWING ROOM. THE ROOM IS VERY SMALL AND IS ALWAYS VERY CROWDED. NO PHOTOS WERE ALLOWED BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE AND SILENCE WAS REQUIRED.. 16 PAGE
THE GHENT ALTARPIECE OR THE ADORATION OF THE MYSTIC LAMB IS A VERY LARGE AND COMPLEX 15TH-CENTURY ALTARPIECE IN THE SAINT BAVO CATHEDRAL. IT IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE BROTHERS HUBERT AND JAN VAN EYCK, WHO WERE EARLY FLEMISH PAINTERS. THE ALTARPIECE IS CONSIDERED A MASTERPIECE OF EUROPEAN ART AND ONE OF THE WORLD'S MAJOR TREASURES. 888888888888888 IN ANOTHER CHAPEL IS AN EXCELLENT COPY WHERE PHOTOS ARE ALLOWED. 17 PAGE
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OUR AIM WAS TO HAVE OUR PHOTOS MADE IN FRONT OF EACH BUCKET LIST LINE ITEM. AS I HAVE WRITTEN BEFORE THIS IS THE LAST OF OUR MAIN LINE ITEMS.. YEA FOR US YES, IT IS A COPY, BUT THAT IS HOW LIFE IS.. THIS ART HAS SEVERAL COPIES.. 19 PAGE
AT THE LEFT IS MARY.. THE MOTHER OF JESUS. THE CENTER IS JESUS - GOD: NOTE THE CROWN, THE KING OF KINGS. TO THE RIGHT IS JOHN THE BAPTIST PRESENTING GOD. 20 PAGE
ADORATION OF THE MYSTIC LAMB 21 PAGE
NOTE THE LAMB IS WOUNDED AS CHRIST WAS. NOTE THAT THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB IS FILLING A CHALICE WHICH WILL REPRESENT THE BLOOD OF CHRIST YET THOUGH WOUNDED, THE LAMB STILL STANDS WHICH IS REPRESENTING THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST 22 PAGE
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THIS CHART WILL ANSWER MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE AND WHAT YOU THINK YOU SEE.. THERE IS TONS OF INFO HERE. THIS IS WHY THIS IS SUCH A GREAT MASTERPIECE.. IT IS A STORY TELLING WORK IN ALL OF ITS GLORY. 27 PAGE
The great Peter Paul Rubens painting of St. Bavo Entering the Monastery of Ghent 28 PAGE
THIS WAS A GREAT VISIT TO THIS FINE CATHEDRAL ALL THROUGH IT THERE WAS VERY FINE ORGAN MUSIC.. THIS YOUNG LADY WAS EXCEPTIONAL. 29 PAGE
WE WERE ALLOWED TO GO DOWN THE STAIRS TO THE CRYPT. WOW! WHAT A NEAT PLACE. SO MANY THINGS TO SEE.. IT IS AS LARGE AS THE MAIN CHURCH IS.. IN FACT MANY CHURCH SERVICES ARE HELD IN THE CRYPT. 30 PAGE
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THIS WAS A GREAT VISIT TO THIS GREAT CHURCH AND VIEWING OF THE GHENT ALTARPIECE.. WOW WHAT A TRIP! TIME TO GO AND EAT.. WE HAD A GREAT LUNCH OF ITALIAN FOOD AND BELGIUM BEER. GOODNESS! LIFE IS SO VERY GOOD! ON TO OUR NEXT DESTINATION! 38 PAGE
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WE HAVE ARRIVED AT OUR NEXT DESTINATION, THE ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, A WHOLE 100 METERS FROM WHERE WE HAD EATEN. 40 PAGE
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ENOUGH OF THIS FINE CHURCH ON TO OUR NEXT DESTINATION.. THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS 46 PAGE
MASTER OF THE WENEMAER TRIPTYCH GHENT 1480 SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF CHRIST OIL ON PANEL 88888888 47 PAGE
THOUGHTS BY DON ALLEN THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT DISPLAY OF VERY OLD WORKS, BY MOST ALL UNKNOWN ARTISTS I THINK THIS WAS VERY NORMAL FOR MANY OF THE ARTISTS WHO LIVED BETWEEN 1350 AND 1500. MOST ALL COULD NOT WRITE THEIR NAME. IF THEY WERE LUCKY, THEY COULD MAKE A CONSISTENT MARK.. HOWEVER THIS MARK MAY NOT BE RECOGNIZED AS SUCH IN A 100 YEARS.. SO MUCH OF THE ART IN THIS EARLY PART OF THE MUSEUM IS BY ANONYMOUS ARTISTS OR THEY WOULD BE CALLED NOW: MASTERS. ST. PETER CRUCI- FIXION 48 PAGE
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ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI REVIVING THE STIGMATA (1635) BY PETER PAUL RUBENS 55 PAGE
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WE HAD HEARD THAT THE GHENT ALTARPIECE WAS BEING BEING RESTORED.. WE KNEW THAT SEVERAL PIECES WE HAD SEEN IN THE CHURCH WERE COPIES.. HOWEVER, WE WERE SHOCKED WHEN WE CAME UPON THIS WORK BEING DONE BY THESE YOUNG LADIES.. THE RESTORATION OF THE ADORATION OF THE LAMB 61 PAGE
AS YOU ARE SEEING THIS WRITING: THE ADORATION OF THE LAMB IS BEING RESTORED. NOTE THEY ARE DOING IT ALL: LOOKING THROUGH MICROSCOPES, VERY SCIENTIFIC. 62 PAGE
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ON THE WAY HOME AFTER OUR TRAIN RIDE TO ROTTERDAM, WE WERE WAITING FOR THE TRAM. SUDDENLY A STORM CAME UP WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WE EVEN HAD HAIL.. JUST LIKE WEST TEXAS. 64 PAGE
FRIDAY JULY 27TH FROM HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS: IN ROTTERDAM. MONIQUE S LOVELY STUDIO (AIRBNB) ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS 8888888888888888 THE PLAN OF THE DAY: RECOVER FROM TRIP TO SEE GHENT ALTARPIECE AND AREA. 888888888888 LEFT LEG: ALL IS NORMAL.. NO SWELLING AT ALL WORKED MOST OF ALL DAY COMPLETING CHECK-IN AND RELATED INFO FOR THE CRUISE BACK TO USA ABOARD THE ROYAL CARIBBEAN BRILLIANCE OF THE SEAS." ALL IS WELL. WE LEAVE ON 1 SEPTEMBER.. 88888888888888 THIS WAS A VERY HOT AND SELF IMPOSED EMOTIONAL DAY.. SUCH IS LIFE.. NO PHOTOS TAKEN! 65 PAGE
SATURDAY JULY 28TH FROM HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS: IN ROTTERDAM. MONIQUE S LOVELY STUDIO (AIRBNB) ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS 8888888888888888 THE PLAN OF THE DAY: AT HOME WE DECIDED TO GO INTO ROTTERDAM TO SEE WHAT WE COULD SEE.. 888888888888 LEFT LEG NORMAL 8888888888888 WE UP AT 07:45 NEAT BREAKFAST OF FRUIT & YOGURT.. 88888888888 MAJOR EPISTLE WORK. WROTE NOTE TO ALLISON GROTE KERK OR SINT- LAURENSKERK (ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH) IS A PROTESTANT CHURCH IN ROTTERDAM. AS A RESULT OF THE BOMBING DURING WWII: IT IS THE ONLY REMNANT OF THE MEDIEVAL CITY 66 PAGE
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73 PAGE THIS IS THE BAPTISTRY OF THIS VERY ACTIVE CHURCH.. NORMAL CHURCH SERVICES ARE HELD EACH SUNDAY AND CHURCH RELATED PROGRAMS ARE REGULARY HELD. ORGAN CONCERTS ARE ALSO REGULARY HELD. TODAY WE HAD THE CHANCE TO HEAR ONE AT 3:30 PM.. GREAT J BACH AND FINISHED WITH THE LITZE FUGUE. WOW! WHAT A DAY!
WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEART OF MAN? THE SHADOW BEFORE THE WWII BOMBING. 74 PAGE
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SUNDAY & MONDAY JULY 29TH & 30TH FROM HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS: IN ROTTERDAM. MONIQUE S LOVELY STUDIO (AIRBNB) ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS 8888888888888888 THE PLAN OF THE DAY: AT HOME PLACE TBD. 888888888888 LEFT LEG NORMAL WORK ON EPISTLES AND PREPARE FOR WORK ON WEB SITE WITH CONTACTS TO A WEB PERSON. ALL IS WELL.. VICKI WENT TO THE STORE. WE ARE READY FOR A VERY FULL DAY TUESDAY, 31ST, IN BRUSSELS.. WE NEED TO GO TO BED EARLY AND UP EARLY TO CATCH TRAM TO CENTRAL STATION AND CATCH THE 07:10 TRAIN TO BRUSSELS.. 77 PAGE
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! 78 PAGE