Sunday, January 10, 2010

Rotterdam

The day after Antwerp, GED took me to Rotterdam, "his" city. He explained that it looks more like an American city -- modern architecture -- because it was bombed heavily in WWII, leaving only 3-4 buildings that have the more traditional architecture.

I loved the bridge on the entrance to the city. GED said the locals call it "the swan."

One of the most interesting housing units were these cube-shaped dwellings. GED said he had been inside one before visiting a friend and that the oddly angled walls were unusual but cool.


3 comments:

jman said...

Those diamond structures almost look alive, like they are aliens in a sci-fi movie. And the "Swan" looks like the newish bridge up in Boston. Guess that is the current in form of bridge construction. From the pictures it appears like the best looking sight in Rotterdam is now in NYC. Nice photo!

Vetmommy said...

Anna and I were thrilled to see that hat in that nice pic of you!

Anonymous said...

That's a lovely picture of you in your hat,Emily..the background is pretty too :)

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