Update from the Low Country (episode 2)
After sleeping away a good portion of the day on Saturday (long days and jetlag will get everyone eventually), we went off to Hilversum to catch up with my brother and his family. It was wonderful to spend some time with them and we had fantastic brick-oven flatbread pizza from de Houtoven pizzeria in Hilversum.
On sunday morning, we didn’t have a lot of time to go sight-seeing, but did get a chance to at least sneak a peek at the Beeld en Geluid (Sound and Vision) museum in Hilversum.
The outside glass wall gives a very fuzzy impression in any image, as that is how it is finished. When viewed from the inside, this wall gives a very different vantage point:
The wall provides stunning light onto the Dutch Radio and Television Wall of Fame in the right part of the image.
This museum chronicles Dutch radio and television from its inception to current day programming and is unique in allowing the visitor to create their own experience. Not only can one customize the experience, but it is also possible to have this experience e-mailed to yourself and relive it.
The building extends a number of levels underground as can be seen here:
This provides a very different look and feel that you certainly won’t find in too many places. The Netherlands has a significant number of examples of interesting architecture that you will not find in the United States. There will be more examples of this when we direct our attention to Rotterdam.
After the whirlwind view of Beeld en Geluid, we made it to the Amsterdam Stadsschouwburg to watch an excellent performance of Handel’s Guilio Cesare.
That was it for the weekend.
