Yes, we're back in Atlanta, safe-n-sound. Thanks for all your journey mercies toward us. It was one of those rare times when we were both on the same plane, which was an added treat, even if we weren't sitting together!
Before leaving Amsterdam, I had the chance to take a short train ride to nearby Naarden to meet up with JoAnn, a new fellow blogger. She was my gracious hostess and tour guide for 4 1/2 hours. Thank you, JoAnn!
This little trip was my first time to use one of my 2 new camera lenses, so it was a trial by error of sorts. If I went back, I'd do several things differently, which I won't bore you with here. But for now, here's the St .Vitus or De Grote Kerk (the Great Church) that just happened to be open last Thursday morning.
Built between 1340-1440, this gothic church is one of the oldest surviving churches in the Netherlands. It was the only building in Naarden to survive the Spanish invasion of 1572.
Those are medieval paintings on the vault's ceiling, depicting scenes from the Bible.
Out in the church's courtyard is this statue of Comenius, a Czech teacher, writer, scientist and educator. I'm not sure why he's connected to Naarden, but he is. JoAnn can probably tell us more. But it was my first time to ever "meet" him.
Now I plan to work on my photos of Weesp (just outside Amsterdam), where JoAnn dropped me off till Donica got out of work. I walked the streets of that little town for two hours, taking photos, of course, and then rode the train back to Amsterdam with Donica.
Once back at the apartment I was able to transfer my almost 400 pics to the monitor screen. That's when I realized what I'd do differently with my camera/lens, but like I said, I won't bore you with that!
Once back at the apartment I was able to transfer my almost 400 pics to the monitor screen. That's when I realized what I'd do differently with my camera/lens, but like I said, I won't bore you with that!
