Thursday, October 23, 2014

A video tour of Amsterdam

Here is a "reality" bicycle trip through streets in Amsterdam.

Experience the typical wedding ceremony and a tour of the unusual way the Dutch hold their civil ceremonies at the State House


These selections come from a trip in 1999.

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Some views in the video:




notice the intersection of two circles.  ... The State Room for marriages has many
symbols.

a canal

There are several gondolas in Amsterdam

a museum

Thre are domestic symbols on the walls of the marriage room

notice the chair attached to the wall

the column is made of soft foam.  Another
column is broken but still standing.  The symbols show
different forces in a marriage


another view of the two-circle window.  Note the shadow that the
frame makes on the floor.