Van Gogh Museum

After living 10 minutes away from Amsterdam for over 2 years now, we finally made it to the Van Gogh Museum. I read a biography of Van Gogh written by Irving Stone last year - Lust for Life - and really enjoyed the novel. I still have memories in grade school of learning about Van Gogh and trying to mimic his painting, Starry Night (although that painting is in New York's Museum of Modern Art). Anyhow, we enjoyed our walk through the museum last Saturday. The only disappointing thing was that all his sketches and drawings he did early on in his career were not displayed. I was anxious to see his emergence as an artist. His first drawings are not always displayed in order to help preserve them better. I did find out from a friend that she saw them last summer. So, hopefully between now and the end of May they will display them again and I can go check them out.

Anyhow, after exploring the museum we had a picnic lunch in Museumplein (museum area of Amsterdam). We've never taken pictures in front of the "I amsterdam" letters, so we took some. Unfortunately the placement of the letters wasn't the greatest. After grabbing some pictures, it began to rain so we ran to the tram and headed home. Definitely an enjoyable Saturday in Amsterdam! :)