We boarded a tram and rode down to the Van Gogh museum where we saw a wonderful exhibit of Van Gogh paintings. The museum contains the largest collection of Van Gogh paintings in the world. There were also works by Monet, Pissaro, Millet, Manet, Seurat, Toulouse-Lautrec and other painters who influenced Van Gogh. As a lagniappe, there was a Picasso in Paris exhibit in the annex to the museum, so we got a twofer. This was excellent as well. I didn’t realize that Picasso had his first show in Paris before he was 20, and by age 25 had a major influence on the art scene in Paris and the world. He lived to the ripe old age of 91. In contrast, Van Gogh only took up painting at age 25 and killed himself at age 37. Alas - what a loss to the world.
We ate lunch in the museum, which was rather crowded, probably because of the holiday weekend. After leaving the museum, we rode the tram out a ways, then got off and walked a bit. We were sitting on a bench outside a shop eating ice cream when a bicycle bell rang and we looked up to see a groom in his tux riding a bicycle with his bride in a carriage attached to the front of the bicycle. We waved and applauded and shouted encouragement. Unfortunately I did not get a photo as they passed by too quickly.
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| This is the sort of bicycle in which the groom conveyed his bride. |
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