Reportage on the goings on of Craighan
The Rijksmuseum is my second favorite museum (sorry, the Prado wins out, but it’s close), so I was a little more than excited to be able to give the folks a guided tour of some of the highlights of the Rijksmuseum. Unfortunately, it has a has a high volume of of great masterpieces, which makes paring down the tour to a manageable morning was a chore I didn’t relish, but I think we managed OK.
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We had such a great time in Vienna! We were there for two weeks, which didn’t feel long enough. It’s such a great city. I had no idea that I would like it as much as I did.
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My relationship with Budapest got off to a rocky start, but as we got out into the city more, we really enjoyed our twelve days there. It was a nice place to relax a bit, and the architecture and nature are great for afternoon walks.
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The fifth floor of the at the Musée National d’Art Moderne (AKA “The Pompidou,”) is the the “modern” collection that ends chronologically with Warhol, so I was already sweating a little bit when I made the move down a level to the “contemporary” collection. The fourth floor at the the Pompidou is a stuff-in-the-world museum with a veneer of art museum. It’s good times for those who thrill at outrage.
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