Mini meet up at Starbucks Cafe, Schiphol.
Mini meet up at Schiphol.
Travelling from
Those of you, that has been following my travel blogs, and reviews knows that Schiphol is my favourite airport.
I posted a note on the forum for meet up chatter:
Hi, I’m travelling to 
I’ll bee sitting at the Starbuck cafe between 15.30 and 19.00 6 March reading, drinking "coffee" and looking at the people passing.
Hope to meet some TB friends at Schiphol. Just trespassing Schiphol or perhaps some of you who are living in the area have the time to meet me at Schiphol.
I got some response so when I arrived Schiphol I went to the Starbucks café at arrival 4 across the STA, bought my self a cup of coffee, reading a book and looked at the people passing.
The first Travbuddy that appeared was Mikiko, TB name ms_travelr. She is working at Schiphol and she is the one advising us to meet at Starbuck café at arrival 4.
Shortly after Carla, TB name evanzoen joined us. When I posted my topic she was the first to send a note; I’ll bee there. Carla lives nearby Schiphol. Carla was travelling in Norway last summer, passing my home town
After a while a guy appeared that I thought I recognised.
We were 4 people who had never met earlier, but talking about travels and Travbuddy as we were old friends.
As I wrote earlier, I love Schiphol and spending six hour alone at the airport is no problem for me. But this time, on my favourite airport, I was so lucky meeting three fabulous Travbuddies spending some hours together with me.
Six hours runs fast in good company, thanks to Mikiko, Carla and Ray for making my time at Schiphol so enjoyable.
Travbuddy is a great society connecting people with the same passion for travels. I’m so happy for the opportunity to meet and make new friends. And the best of all, I have been given the opportunity to be an ambassador for my home town
I dedicate this blog to the creators of Travbuddy.
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I’m a dedicated exhibition visitor and I always visit Rijks Museum at Schiphol. I like the idea that Rijks Museum has adapted at Schiphol, so genius.
A bit short of time, but I had to see the exhibition “Holland & Japan 400 years of trade”
I just had to run through the exhibition. Having my camera with me I was able to take some photos making me the opportunity to see the exhibition during my flight to Kuala Lumpur.
Four hundred years ago, in 1609, the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC) received a letter from the shogun, officially establishing commercial relations between Japan and the Netherlands. For two centuries, after the Portuguese were expelled in 1639, Holland remained the only European power with access to Japan. It was through Dutch traders that the Japanese learned about European technology and culture, just as it was through Dutch contacts that the West was able to learn about Japanese society. This exchange of information created a special bond between the two countries.
The VOC sent large shipments of commercial products to the Netherlands, to be auctioned and sold on to countries throughout Europe. Many of the Japanese products were specially manufactured for export, such as porcelain and lacquer items made to the specifications of Dutch merchants. VOC ships also brought textile products.
Asian artistic conventions influenced product designs in the Netherlands, while Dutch designs affected art in Japan. This exhibition explores the impact of this influence in applied art.
Rijks Museum Amsterdam, Schiphol is well worth a visit if you have some time between two flights.
I have visited the dependence earlier expiring the exhibition “Battle at Schiphol”, and an exhibition by Dutch masters of the Golden Age.
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