A few weeks before I returned to Paris I read about an exceptional exhibit of the work of Vermeer in the Kijks Museum in Amersterdam. It featured the largest collection of his work ever done. He only had done about 34 paintings as far as we know, and the exhibit would have 27. Amsterdam isn’t that far from Paris by train so I thought, « Why not? » and got online. Everyday but one was full. Only three time slots were open and I slide in under the wire and got one of the last at 8:30 at night which meant I would have to spend the night but I don’t mind spending time in Amsterdam, a wonderful city. So, not long after I arrived in Paris, I was on a train to Amsterdam. The exhibit was fabulous. The gene for height must be strong in the Netherlands because I had trouble seeing around a lot of tall men but got to see it all. Most of the paintings are very small.
