This town is in the northeast of The Netherlands and about 1 3/4 hours from Soest. It has various sculptures around town.
The museum is housed in several buildings including a church (Kerk) in a campus-like setting just at the edge of the shopping district.
Some of the articles on the grounds were artistic.
And some were functional. I'm sitting on a log with backrests attached to make it more like a bench.
This shot gives you a better view of the log's additions.
We entered through a very modern, mostly underground structure. But, later we climbed the stairs and were in parts of the old buildings that seem to be connected.
The exhibit was mainly of propaganda paintings made to illustrate how wonderful life is in North Korea. Here is a wonderful example of how "they just don't get it". The woman is supposed to be happy working at her office and receiving some good news on the telephone. However, notice how she's dressed in the office. Did someone say heat? Where is it?
All the women are painted with the same faces and all of them are happy. We heard one story about a painter who was sent back to the studio to redo his painting because the smiles on his subjects were not big enough. The government maintains a studio with 1,000 artists to keep this stuff coming.
The great enemies of the North Koreans are the Americans and the Japanese. There were sections on how the Japanese treated the Koreans during WWII.
And a section showing the Koreans as the victors in the Korean War. This woman is protecting someone as the shadows of the bad guys approach.
In the gift shop, the ever present bunny. We call him the Utrecht Bunny, because that's where we first saw him and the city is littered with them. Actually, they celebrate the children's books written by Dick Bruna.
Just two blocks from the museum was a square ringed with cafes and a block down one of the streets was another. We stopped at two cafes that were just bars before we found this one that had food.
Linda ordered a chicken salad and I had a burger and we tried two more different beers. Linda's was another one with lemon/citreon flavoring. She likes those.
We continue to experience problems with yellow jackets. They buzz all around us while we eat and today this guy landed in Linda's beer and she had to fish him out. When she dropped him on the ground he slowly stumbled away. I think he was drunk. The waitress showed us that we needed to put the coaster on the top of the glass instead of sitting the glass on it. Problem solved except the breeze blew it off. Then, as I was emptying my beer I felt a soft body on my lips. I didn't know I was sharing.
All different types of people sitting around us and passing by.
Heading out of town, we drive along the ever present canal. It seems most towns have them.
Along A28 we pass this interesting sculpture.
And a gigantic bike.
Back to the house for a snack and a little packing.
This will probably be our last entry for this trip, maybe a short one tonight. We get up at 4:30 tomorrow morning (Monday) to catch the 5:55 am train to Utrecht and then on to Schipol. We'll spend the rest of the summer in the heat, I guess. Its been a good trip.
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