Gables on the canal houses

See the beams containing hooks in the gables of these houses? A friend on my tour explained that they are used to hoist furniture up to the upper levels of the house. Because the houses were built so narrow and have extremely narrow and steep stair cases it made it impossible to get furniture up from the ground floor. So furniture has to be brought in through the windows.

Amsterdam for Easter!

March 29th 2005
Easter is a 4 day weekend in Germany so I took advantage of having an extra day off and headed for Amsterdam in The Netherlands. It’s a city filled with canals (165), bikes (600,000) and tulips (sorry, too many to count). I arrived in Amsterdam by train on Good Friday a few hours before the tour group I was meeting was due to arrive so I headed for the [url=http://www.vangoghmuseum.com/bisrd/to ... read more

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The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained neutral in World War I, but suffered invasion and occupation by Germany in World War II. A modern, industrialized natio... ... read more

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