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The doors of Amsterdam

Posted by Dana Marin | Mar 27, 2011 | All Photos, Amsterdam

Whenever I visit a new place or a new country I always feel the desire to see how the houses look like from the inside. I think that’s how you get to know for real the people, their life and the country itself. The...

The most famous park of Amsterdam: Vondelpark

Posted by Dana Marin | Mar 25, 2011 | All Photos, Nature

Having the privilege of many sunny days in a row this week, I thought it a must to visit Amsterdam’s famous Vondelpark. I joined therefore the army of people determined to get as much sunlight as they could and went for a...

Amsteldijk

Posted by Dana Marin | Mar 23, 2011 | All Photos, Amsterdam

A place where I like to go for a walk is the Amsteldijk street. It’s close to where I live and among the first places I discovered and claimed as “mines”. There is a bench there that I call “my...

Dutch sky

Posted by Dana Marin | Mar 17, 2011 | All Photos, Nature

The Dutch sky is well known for its beautiful clouds. Many famous and lesser known painters illustrated the spectacular views of the Dutch sky in their work. Personally I think that the real Dutch sky is to be seen on the...

Postcards

Posted by Dana Marin | Mar 16, 2011 | All Photos, Amsterdam

The first commercially produced card was created in 1861 by John P. Charlton of Philadelphia, and it was just a piece of paper with borders, without any images. Then, the first known printed picture postcard was created in...