VICKI & DON FROM HOME IS WHERE TO HEART IS: IN ROTTERDAM. KLEIWEG 170A 3051SJ ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

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1 VICKI & DON FROM HOME IS WHERE TO HEART IS: IN ROTTERDAM. KLEIWEG 170A 3051SJ ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS DAILY DATA REPORT: VOLUME 2018, EDITION - JULY DATA FOR MONDAY, JULY 9TH, 2018 THROUGH TUESDAY, JULY 10, 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.

2 MONDAY JULY 9TH FROM HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS: IN ROTTERDAM. MONIQUE S LOVELY STUDIO (AIRBNB) ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS THE PLAN OF THE DAY: WORK ON EPISTLES, REST DAY, RECOVERY FROM FULL DAYS OVER WEEKEND NO PHOTOS TAKEN PAGE

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4 TUESDAY JULY 10TH FROM HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS: IN ROTTERDAM. MONIQUE S LOVELY STUDIO (AIRBNB) ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS THE PLAN OF THE DAY: EPISTLE WRITING AND GOING TO ROTTERDAM AREA TO THE MUSEUM OF ART.. COLD & RAIN.. THEN TO CENTRAL STATION TO GET TICKETS TO BRUGE, FOR FRIDAY WE GOT OUR ACT TOGETHER AND LEFT AT 2PM.. WE WILL GO VIA TRAM WITH ONE TRANSFER TO THE STOP WHERE VICKI SAYS: GET OFF.. SO THAT WAS WHAT I DID.. WE GOT OFF AT THE PICASSO MONUMENT.. MADE BY SOMEONE ELSE AFTER A PAINTING BY PICASSO. YES, IT IS AS UGLY AS ANYTHING PICASSO EVER MADE.. MUSEUM BOIJMANS VAN BEUNINGEN 4 PAGE

5 MUSEUM BOIJMANS VAN BEUNINGEN A HOUSE FOR IMAGINATION, INSPIRATION AND CREATIVITY MUSEUM BOIJMANS VAN BEUNINGEN IS A MULTIFACETED MUSEUM IN THE HEART OF THE NETHERLAND S HARBOUR CITY, ROTTERDAM. IT IS THE ONLY MUSEUM IN THE NETHERLANDS THAT OFFERS THE VISITOR A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF WESTERN ART FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE PRESENT DAY THE MUSEUM DERIVES ITS NAME FROM TWO IMPORTANT COLLECTORS: FRANS BOIJMANS AND DANIËL GEORGE VAN BEUNINGEN. THEY ADDED MANY MASTERPIECES. 5 PAGE

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34 WE ARE ENTERING THE WEIRD WORLD. I MUST DO ALL I CAN TO ENHANCE THESE SOLID WEIRD COLORS.. 34 PAGE

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40 THOUGHTS BY DON ALLEN I HAVE A REALLY GOOD TIME PLAYING WITH ART THAT CONSISTS OF NOTHING EXCEPT A SOLID COLOR PAINT.. IT IS JUST AMAZING TO ME THAT PEOPLE CONSIDER A SOLID COLOR AS ART. SO I LIKE TO STAND IN FRONT OF IT FOR PHOTOS AND ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE OF THE ART. SO THERE! NOW BACK TO THE FINE ART! HANG ON BECAUSE THERE IS SOME IN THIS PLACE. 40 PAGE

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52 ONE OF THE FEW WOMEN ARTISTS OF THE GOLDEN AGE.. GREAT FLOWERS AND BUGS WE HAVE SEEN HER WORKS IN MANY PLACES IN THE ART GALLERIES OF EUROPE RACHEL RUYSCH. 52 PAGE

53 I AM VERY HIGH ON THIS ARTIST S WORK. WE CAN SPOT IT ACROSS THE WHOLE GALLERY AND RECOGNIZE IT AS RACHEL S WORK..EXCITING WORK TO SEE.. LOVE HER BUGS! 53 PAGE

54 THOUGHTS BY DON ALLEN SCULPTURE WORKS: NO MANNER WHERE WE GO, WE LOOK FOR RODIN & DEGAS.. I CONSIDER AN ART MUSEUEM WELL ROUNDED IF THEY HAVE ONE OF EACH.. I WAS VERY EXCITED WHEN I WALKED UP AND WAS ABLE TO SEE TWO DEGAS HORSES. I KNEW HE HAD MADE THEM BUT HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM..ALWAYS HIS BALLET DANCERS (WHICH ARE GREAT).. TODAY WE WERE ABLE TO SEE BOTH.. GREAT VISIT! 54 PAGE

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64 NOW WE ARE WITH MY MAN, SALVADOR DALI.. YES, HE IS DIFFERENT.. HE DID THE ABOVE IN NEVER SAW ONE.. MORE TO COME.. 64 PAGE

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66 YOU NEED A WATER GLASS FULL OF SCOTCH TO UNDERSTAND THIS ONE.. 66 PAGE

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68 THIS IS INDEED A GOLLY GEE WHIZ! PIECE. I HAD NEVER SEEN THIS ONE.. BUT HERE SHE IS: OVER 5 FOOT TALL.. IN A GLASS CASE.. YES, SALVADOR WAS DIFFERENT.. 68 PAGE

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71 TO THINK ABOUT BY DON ALLEN NEXT AND LAST PHOTO: ALL THE BUILDINGS WITHIN TWO BLOCKS OF THIS TREE ARE NEW BUILDINGS, BUILT AFTER THE WAR. HOW DID THIS TREE MISS BEING DESTROYED? IT HAS TO BE WELL OVER A 100 YEARS OLD. IT IS AMAZING TO SEE THINGS LIKE THIS.. IT SHOULD NOT BE HERE. 71 PAGE

72 WE HOME AT 6PM MADE AND ATE DINNER 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! 72 PAGE