Each February for the past twenty-one years I have traveled to Amsterdam, with a day trip to Delft and Den Haag. The Netherlands are among Western Europe's most beautiful and charming locales. Bricks, water and bicycles. This time I was gifted with unseasonably mild weather and brilliant sunshine. The results are what follows.
Canals
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Streets
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Bicycles
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Museums
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Humans Being Human
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