Read this book http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/dunnett/niccolo/rising.html and take a trip to Brugge. It takes place there, and if you love historical fiction (and lots of characters and plot twists) you'll love it. There is a description of how the locks work (in the canals) and you can actually go there and see it take place...I there are some windmills there too.
Brugge is cool just by itself, but also the home and chapel of Anselm Adorne is open to the public - beautiful and very interesting. Right next door is a lace museum. Sg > > > At 21:37 26/07/2008, you wrote: > >Ladies & Gents, > >H-costume archives doesnt have much on this question, so I'll pose it > >directly: What's to do in Amsterdam & nearby? > > > >I'm going to be in Amsterdam for a vacation next week and maybe a bit > >after, and as usual I'm looking for ideas of where to go with an > >extended family group. I'm mostly in to high fashion historic > >costuming, social dance & history from the early Renn up to and > >including the 19th century. We're also interested in more than just > >wearable stuff: castles, living history events. > > > >My husband, bro-in-law, sis in law & I are all engineers and some of > >the teenage nephews are headed that way so ships, airplanes, how a > >wind mill works, science & tech museums are good fun. > > > >If you have any ideas for family friendly events (the family runs ages > >10-70+), we'd like those, too. We'll have cars, so sites 1-2 hrs out > >of town are also accessible. > > > >Got any great suggestions? > >Got any "out there" suggestions? > >Thanks for the help, > >--cin > >Cynthia Barnes > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It's a very long time since I was in Amsterdam, but the city itself > is walkable if you are fit and healthy - mostly flat. Most people > travel by bike or by tram(?). > > The Rijksmuseum is one of the great museums of the Western world. I > saw nowhere near a 10th of it I think. They have an excellent zoo, > and somewhere near, there are, I believe, diamond cutting demonstrations. > > (And of course there is the "Red Light" district, but I think they > have toned down the area!) > > Best I can do, I'm afraid. > > Suzi > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
