May 27 (Mon) Arrived at Eindhoven from London-Stansted
Check-out Holiday Inn London Stansted
Airport bus to the terminal.
Stansted→Eindhoven (Flight)
08:00→10:05
Eindhoven AirportHotel Campanile by Bob Fifield
Check-in
the Hotel Campanile
Eindhoven to Sittard
Met by Lemstra
Supper with Lemstra,
To Eindhoven by Lemstra's car.
Hotel Campanile
Holiday Inn London Stansted
was a good hotel. The transportation to the terminal was smooth. At the
custom, tooth paste was removed
and put in the bin. It took more than one
hour to exit the Eindhoven Airport. Met by Bob Fifield and driven to Hotel
Campanile. After the checking in, took a train to Sittard as instructed and
met
Piet Lemstra. Supper in a Chinese restaurant.
Returned to Eindhoven by Piet's car, stopped at his new house and arrived at
the hotel.
May 28 (Tue) Visited Den Bosch
Eindhoven→'s-Hertogenbosch with Cees Weijers,
Visit St John Cathedral,
Driven back to Eindhoven,
Tea at the Weijers's house.
Returned to the hotel
BA
ticket for Schipol to London Heathrow
Hotel Campanile Eindhoven
At 10:40, Piet came to the hotel, went to phone shops to get and install sim card and buy a touch pen. Lunch in the town. At 2:10 p.m., taken by Cees to Den Bosch, and visited the Cathedral. Cees kindly guided me, referring to a Dutch brochure. Visited his house and had a tea with biscuit prepared by his wife. The homemade biscuit was the best biscuit among those I had tasted during my trip. Returned to the hotel and had a nap. Bought a BA ticket for Schipol to London Heathrow on the Internet (Eur 396.28).
(Left) Front view of the 's-Hertogenbosch Cathedral with Cees.
(Middle) Close up of the entrance gate.
(Right) The cover of official guide book of the Cathedral, C. Peeters, De Sint Janskathedraal to 's-Hertogenbosch, Staatsuitgeverij, 's-Gravenhage, 1985. The book was out of print and out of stock in the cathedral's shop nut the whole contents has been made downloadable/readable on the Internet: https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/peet048sint01_01/colofon.php
(Left) Cross-section of the Cathedral. Redrawn on: C. Peeters, De Sint Janskathedraal to 's-Hertogenbosch, Staatsuitgeverij, 's-Gravenhage, 1985 Page 28.
(Right) Ground plan. Redrawn on: ibid Page 29. For the numbered places, refer to the SEPERATE FILE!
(Left) East Window.
(Middle) Stained glass of the upper window.
(Right) Stained glass of the lower window.
Two stained glass panels of a Chapel.
(Left) East side view towards the Alter.
(Middle) Graduate-Sequentiarium (昇階唱朗詠集) in ca. 1530.
(Right) liturgical calendar in ca. 1500.
Tea in the Weijer's house with buiscuit spacially prepared by Cees's wife.
May 29 (Wed) Visited Oirschot village
Visited Oirschot village with Piet.
Incidentally encountered Prof. Ian J Tree.
Returned to the hotel.
Doetze Sikkema came.
Supper with Doetze.
Hotel
Campanile Eindhoven
At
10:50, Piet came to the hotel. Went to a Braband's old village Oirschot.
Incidentally encountered Prof. Ian J Tree. and his wife. Saw the old church in
the village. The witty conversation of Prof. Tree's and Piet was like a
comic dialogue. After lunch, drove back to the hotel. At 4:00, Doetze Sikkema came.
Lots of chats. Took a supper with him. He left at 7:30 to his home..
(Left & Middle) Prof. Ian J Tree, his wife and Piet Lemstra. (Right) Village church (No regular visitors).
May 30 (Thu)
Amsterdam Sightseeing
Eindhoven
Centraal→Amsterdam Centraal
Visited Old Church and New Church
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Centraal→Eindhoven Centraal
Hotel Campanile Eindhoven
Breakfast at 7:30. Started for
Amsterdam
at 9:00.
Visited Old Church and New Church. The
admittance to Expo 2024 of Reporting Photo in the latter (Euro 19.50) was a
little expensive.
(Left) Front view of the Oude Kerk..
(Middle) View of "Hooge Choir" through the "Middel Kerk".
(Right) Ground Plan of De Oude Kerk (Redrawn on Wikipedia)
(Left) View of the Virgin and Infant in front of the "Hooge Choir".
(Middle) The staind glass window above the "Hooge Choir".
(Right) The front of the "Hooge Choir".
(Left & Right) Some stained glass windows.
The Virgin and Infant statue (Chapel forgotten).
(Left) Front view of the Nieuwe Kerk..
(Middle) The Wprld Premier Exhibition 2024 (on Reprting photographs) were incidentally held there.
(Right) The Ground Plan of De Oude Kerk (https://mforamsterdam.com/nieuwe-kerk/)
(Left) One of the windows installed after the Religious Reformation, depicting the victory of protestants.
(Middle) Close up of the upper part.
(Right) Close up of the lower part.
A "Modern" window with modern pictures.
The Alter.
Dam Square and Centraal Station
(Left) The viw of the Dam Square tat was crowded as always.
(Middle) Close up of the carvings.
(Right) The front of the Amstrdam Centraal Station for mermory.
May 31 (Fri) Visited Nuenen, invited to the Lemstra's house
Hotel→Eindhoven
Station→Nuenen
Visited Van Gogh Church,
Bought souvenirs
Nuenen
→Eindhoven Station→Hotel
Picked up by Piet
Dinner at the Lemstras.
Sent back by Piet
Hotel Campanile Eindhoven
Despite Piet recommended to visit the Philips Museum,
went to Nuenen. Took photographs and bought souvenirs. The green of leaves was
thicker than that in the beginning of April seven years ago (See the normal
'Photo Album' - Holland 2017). At 4:30, taken
to the Lemstra's House for dinner prepared by Magda. Besides the main dish
beefstake, she kindly cooked rice for this visitor from Asia. On the way, bought
"Gekkeikan" for an additional souvenir. The subject of intensive chat with Piet
ranged from the purpose of life to the current world situation ruled by printed
money. We remembered
the late last century when Netherlands was most prosperous with Rotterdam port,
DSM, Akzo-Nobel, Philips, Fokker Aircraft, etc., whilst in Japan the economy was pretty
good because not only the automobile but steel and metal, machinery, electronic, chemical
and all sort of industries performed well. Both of us were happy to have played
in the area of high-performance polymers, the major stream of polymer science.
Green Polymer Workshops which Piet and I had planned and held twice in Java in 1966 and
2000 were enjoyable events. Returned to the hotel at 21:30. Packing
of clothes and belongings.
(Left) The front view of the "Van Gogh Church".
(Right) Another view of the "Van Gogh Church". The camera angle is similar to this famus painting (below).
(Left) A guide post to the "Van Gogh Church".
(MiIddle) Van Gogh Church History Board. The text reads (in English) as:
"VAN GOGH CHURCH/ This Waterstaatskerk was built in 1824. The attached vestry room dates from 1928. An 18-bell carillon, donated by the Nolte family, was placed in the turret on the roof during the restoration in 1965. The church is best known because Vincent van Gogh painted it. Rev. Bart de Ligt, active in the League of Christian Socialists and the Peace Movement, preached here from 1910 to 1915. He was exiled from Nuenen in 1915. The building now has a cultural function, including as a wedding location and music hall."
(Right) Vincent van Gogh's "Die Kirche von Nuenen mit
Kirchgängern (English: The Church of Nuenen with churchgoers)."
Tea after the dinner at the terrace of the Lemstra's new house.
June 1 (Sat) Amsterdam canal cruise, moved to Schiphol
Checked
out Hotel Campanile Eindhoven
Driven
to Schiophol by Piet together with Bob Fifield
Check-in
Holiday Inn, Schiphol
Drivewn
to Amsterdam
Canal
cruising by Kirschbaum's boat.
Driven
to Holiday Inn Schiphol, Farewell
Holiday Inn, Schiphol
At 11:00, participated in the Lemstra's weekly TOP Course for young people from Industries at the hotel and lectured about the structure and visco-elastic propertied of polymers. At 12:30 checked out the Hotel Campanile and drove to Schiphol by Piet's car, navigated by Bob Fifiedld on crowded roads. Arriving at Holiday Inn Schiphol, we were told that there comes no hotel bus nor public bus, contrary to the advertisement in the Internet. Such as this was the second time in this trip, after Swindon. Hotels with name of "Holiday Inn" used to be reasonable and reliable, as experienced in Eindhoven, Kyoto and Bandung, but now not. Never chose again. After checking in and putting luggage in the room, continuously drive to Amsterdam. Rob Kirschbaum welcomed us and took us to his boat for cruising canals. It was occasionally raining and cold. Took a dinner at a waterside restaurant. Sent to the Holiday Inn by Pet and Bob (Fifield) and paid farewell.
(Left) Started for canal cruise maneuvered by
Rob
Kirschbaum. He was strong in spite of his elderly age.
(Right) S. R. Bouwman & Co.,
one of the oldest trading companies.
(Left) Amsterdam (1748), built by the VOC (East India
Company), replica. The building behind is the Maritime Museum
(Middle) Bow with the figure of a monster.
(Right)
Stern. One of the figures (in the front of the picture) held a kerukeion, whereas
the other did a spear.
(Left) The head quarter of Gassan Diamonds. Customers who
wish to buy jewellery may visit by boats.
(Middle) The famous Amstel Hotel on the
Amstel River.
(Right) Het Scheepvaartmuseum (Maritime Museum), formerly a store house of Dutch Navy.
(Left) ‘t Kromhout Museum (an old Shipyard).
(Middle) A restaurant
with a windmill. Molen De Gooyer, a factory that uilized the windmill power.
(Right) Boat-dwellers' house boats.
(Left) An old drawbridge
(Right) Dinner at the restaurant,
Loetje aan het IJ, in Amsterdam North,
.
June
2 (Sun) From Schiphol to Heathrow
Checked out Holiday Inn, Schiphol
Taxi to the airport
Schipol→London (LHR), BA
to
Terminal 4 Premier Inn Heathrow
Check-in Terminal 4 Premier Inn Heathrow
Terminal 4 Premier Inn Heathrow
At 8:30, took a taxi to Schiphol Airport (costed as much as Euro 34.00). No problem after taking the 1:35 BA to Heathrow, as the exiting was smooth and a bus was avail.
June 3 (Mon)
Hong Kong for transit
Check-out Terminal 4 Premier Inn Heathrow.
London (LHR)→Hongkong
(HKG) 12:20→07:55 (CX 252)
Took a bus to the airport
terminal. Emigration was smooth. Found a Harrods Shop that sold all kinds of
souvenirs and bought some more mugs and candies.
Took the CX 252 which should
have departed at 12:20 delayed about one hour.
June 4 (Tue)
Returned home
Hongkong (HKG)→Narita
(NRT)
Narita→Haneda
Haneda→ Shakujii-kouen 14:35→16:25, 15:35→17:25
As CX 252 delayed, one who transferred to Japan
at Hong Kong was
given an alternative ticket to Narita (CX 520, 08:45→13:55). At Narita, chose to
take a bus to Haneda and to takeanother bus to Shakujiikouen. At Shakujiikouen
Station, called Mrs. Yamada, who asked her daughter (Masami Yamaoto) to bring
her car and send me to my house.