JUST A PLEASANT MOMENT WITH A RUSSIAN TASTE
The Hermitage Museum in Amsterdam is always a pleasure to visit. The site is marvelous yet it has kept it’s original flavour and if you want to go a little further. …. http://www.hermitage.nl/en/hermitage_amsterdam/geschiedenis_van_het_gebouw.htm The walk up from the hotel, small case clacking behind me on the pebbled pavement was a lovely one and after the rain and cold of the day before, the sun was about to come out. Walking along the canals has a charm of its own - different from Venice and different from the little town I visited close to Shanghai. Amsterdam and its people who are ready to help and all those I have encountered when I lose my way (often) speak excellent English. I was at the Hermitage at opening time. Around 1900, Paris was the undisputed centre of the European art world. After the Impressionists took hold another group of artists went in search of new artistic avenues. Paul Gaugin, Pierre Bonnard and Maurice Denis joined artists in the name of « Les Nabis » In