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  2009

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  Ziza permalink
  

  

  Delft - the birthplace of Vermeer
  and my second hometown - Rembrandt watercolour on a “large” watercolour Moly…

  tags: bridge | car | city | Delft | oldtimer | Vermeer | watercolour
   

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  Nikira 6:05 am on October 30, 2009 | #

  What a nice piece, I like this car.

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  Leo 9:10 am on October 30, 2009 | #

  Love it, except the shady figures on the background. They steal focus from the car.

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  Lia T 9:29 am on October 30, 2009 | #

  Wow. You did wonderful job on the bridge and the shading below. The trees look great too. This must be a very charming place!

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  trebor61 11:08 am on October 30, 2009 | #

  Such a lot to look ate here but, yes, I like that car

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  kirbysart 12:59 pm on October 30, 2009 | #

  you out did yourself on this one. Fantastic.

  ~Kirby

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  roseindigo 2:30 pm on October 30, 2009 | #

  Another treasure with this one Ziza. Love it!

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  renefijten 2:39 am on November 1, 2009 | #

  Delft as second hometown? Please explain. I’ve lived there for 5 years. Looks like the “oude delft” near the boterbrug?

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  ziza 5:21 am on November 5, 2009 | #

  Thank you all. I love that car a lot. And I adore Delft.
  Rene, I spent 8 years of my life there and had the best job ever while I was there. BTW, this street is paralell to Oude Delft, closer to Neue Kerk.
  Leo, I tend to agree. This was done under reasonably strong influence of “slivovic”. I first wanted only the car in focus. Then decided I needed a bit of surrounding. The bridge, a building a tree… The figures came from the photo and I didn’t want lifeless street. When I look longer I must say I don’t regret placing them there - “stealing” focus, makes the picture less “perfect”, but asks for longer examination, i.e., possibly less boring in longer term.
  Lia, it’s a charming place to say the least. Go now and visit it!
  Whoever likes the car keep it at long-distance liking - it’s hardly affordable!

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  ziza 5:23 am on November 5, 2009 | #

  … and Rene, this is the only place, other than Sarajevo, where I owned a house… That’s why…

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  renefijten 6:00 am on November 5, 2009 | #

  You did? Dus dan moet je vanzelfsprekend vloeiend Nederlands kunnen spreken, toch?
  Out of curiosity: when did you live there?

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  Ziza 6:17 am on November 5, 2009 | #

  I lived there in 83-84 (postgraduate) and 96-03 (senior lecturer in Hydraulic Engineering at IHE-Delft), visiting quite a bit in-between. Official language was English. I started Delftse methode language course in 2001, and learned a bit, but hardly ever used the language. “Alle talen zijn gemakelek. Rekening is muilek. Kleine kinderen kunnen praten maar niet rekenen…” This is king of Dutch that I can produce without spellchecking…

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  renefijten 6:24 am on November 5, 2009 | #

  This is great. We must have passed each other in the Locus Publicus or something. I studied and lived in Delft from 81 to 86. Architecture, but you will have guessed that already. You probably recall the yellow/blue student housing (containers) next to the University complex?

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  Ziza 6:32 am on November 5, 2009 | #

  Indeed I do. In 87 my first wife did her MSc in Delft and lodged there, so I staid for a while. 83-84 we rented a house in the area where IKEA is now. in 96 I bought a “luxury” apartment in Parkzoom
  http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=hr&q=parkzoom+delft&lr=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Parkzoom,+Delft,+Nederland&ei=58TySviyH9mOsAaPlJSkBA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQ8gEwAA
  I had a cousin and a friend living in Belgium (former in Brussels, and later in Luven) and went there every second weekend. The other weekends they were coming to visit me. The later unfortunately was one of 4
  casualties of the train accident between 2 Luvens some 8-9 years ago!

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  Ziza 6:36 am on November 5, 2009 | #

  … and I sold the apartment in 2002 and lived for a year in The Hague…

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