Ice and snow in Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blijdorp)

Quotes by Albert Einstein about nature and curiosity:

"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."


"I have no special talents.  I am only passionately curious.  Curiosity has its own reason for existence.  One cannot but be in awe when one contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structures of reality.  It is enough if one tries to comprehend only a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity."

Dalmatian Pelicans and Great Cormorants 

 Cattle Egrets and Common Eider

 American Coot

 Common Shelducks and Little Gulls

Egytian Goose

Vicuñas

Spotted Hyena

Polar Beer

Red-Crowned Cranes

Sometimes it's nice to visit a museum...

Museum van Moderne Kunst Arnhem (Museum of Modern Art, MMKA) in Arnhem: ticket of the museum (self-ortrait of Dick Ket) and sketch of the view of Arnhem from the café of the museum (delicious cake and coffee...). This museum stands on a high moraine.

The permanent collection of this museum includes realistic works from 1980 to present. It was nice to see the work of two artist I love: Dick Ket (1902-1940) and Jan Mankes (1889-1920).

Another ticket of the museum (MMKA) with the building from 1873 (also with a new construction) that once a gentlemen’s club was for repatriated from India sugar planters.

Dome of the building: formerly a ballroom and now an exhibition space with nice light.

Garden with sculptures (and of course many birds...).

View from the garden of the museum: fog at the eind of the day. I enjoy the works in the museums but also the landscape and animals I saw from the train...