Richard S. Snyder

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2014 Netherlands and Belgium

Early April trip to the Netherlands and Belgium was through AHI / K-State. It had been a warm winter and the bulbs were coming out - especially the daffodils and hyacinths. As per usual AHI practice, there were numerous lectures but no "meet the people" sessions. Food aboard the Austrian-based Amadeus Silver (new in 2013) was fabulous as was the waitstaff. The only change we would make is to come early to see the museums in Amsterdam. Great trip.
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Delft; (life-sized statue) William I, Prince of Orange (1533 – 1584), also widely known as William the Silent (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger), or more commonly known as William of Orange was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the branch House of Orange-Nassau and the ancestor of the monarchy of the Netherlands. William joined the Dutch uprising and turned against his former masters. The most influential and politically capable of the rebels, he led the Dutch to several successes in the fight against the Spanish. Declared an outlaw by the Spanish king in 1580, he was assassinated by Balthasar Gérard in Delft in 1584.
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Delft; (life-sized statue) William I, Prince of Orange (1533 – 1584), also widely known as William the Silent (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger), or more commonly known as William of Orange was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the branch House of Orange-Nassau and the ancestor of the monarchy of the Netherlands. William joined the Dutch uprising and turned against his former masters. The most influential and politically capable of the rebels, he led the Dutch to several successes in the fight against the Spanish. Declared an outlaw by the Spanish king in 1580, he was assassinated by Balthasar Gérard in Delft in 1584.

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  • The Hague; statue of Nelson Mandela at the the Gemeentemuseum (Municipal Museum) , an art museum in The Hague in the Netherlands. The museum, built 1931–1935, is renowned for its large Mondrian collection, the largest in the world.
  • The Hague; Gemeentemuseum (Municipal Museum), photos not allowed
  • The Hague; The Peace Palace, seat of the International Court of Justice
  • The Hague; The Binnenhof (Inner Court) is a complex of buildings tthat has been the meeting place of the States-General, the parliament of the Netherlands, since 1446, and has been the centre of Dutch politics for many centuries. It is where The Hague was founded in the 1200s.
  • The Hague; modern cleaning truck, old-fashioned broom
  • Delft; our guide Jim points out that the canal is literaly at your doorstep
  • Delft; Sundog cafe and (real) coffeeshop
  • Delft; herring, an acquired taste treat
  • Delft; (life-sized statue) William I, Prince of Orange (1533 – 1584), also widely known as William the Silent (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger), or more commonly known as William of Orange was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the branch House of Orange-Nassau and the ancestor of the monarchy of the Netherlands. William joined the Dutch uprising and turned against his former masters. The most influential and politically capable of the rebels, he led the Dutch to several successes in the fight against the Spanish. Declared an outlaw by the Spanish king in 1580, he was assassinated by Balthasar Gérard in Delft in 1584.
  • Delft; Museum Het Prinsenhof was closed
  • Delft; home of Pieter van Forrest, physician of Delft and performed the autopsy of William of Orange after his assignation, called the Hollandic Hippocrates
  • Delft; The Oude Kerk (Old Church), nicknamed Oude Jan ("Old John"), is a Gothic Protestant church in the old city center of Delft, the Netherlands. Its most recognizable feature is a 75-meter-high brick tower that leans about two meters from the vertical, founded as St. Bartholomew's Church in the year 1246, on the site of previous churches dating back up to two centuries earlier.
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