Back in time

The girls had an extra day off from school. We used it for a trip to Amsterdam. By public transport, train and tram. The daughters, living in a village, in a 2-car household, don't get to use it every day and it was time to get to know their way around with it a bit more. The three of us started at the Rembrandt house, which was high on my list. Although the museum slightly felt like a tourist trap (everything is focused on foreign tourists) it was very special to be in the house of this famous painter. To know that he has actually made a lot of his work there is amazing. We saw how pigments were turned into paint and J assisted on a etching-demonstration. She got to keep the "rembrandt" etch that was printed. After that we made our own etching. Dry needle on plastic, worked out perfectly. I should use my etching press again. Last time was for printing the birth cards for J. Ten years ago...

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