Wilhelminakade. Restaurant Las Palmas is one of the restaurants of one of Rotterdams famous' chefs Herman den Blijker. I have dined there several times but never witnessed him at work. Too busy with his tv shows probably.

Beukelsdijk. This building fascinated me when the shades were up. Not that we've had much sun recently, it's been grey and rain most of the time, but the funny thing is, that sign you see in the right corner for Payter is from a prospect i visited a couple of months ago.
It's a pretty cool firm, designing and implementing software on your mobile phone with which you can pay parking tickets, regular stuff in several shops, concert tickets etc.

Burg. Meineszplein. I swear, i was expecting the wolf to pop up any minute.

Westzeedijk, Kaufmann's 'skin trade'
The skin trade in the Netherlands and also in Rotterdam was mainly in jewish hands. Carl Kaufmann (1866-1938) played an important role in the jewish community. He was a member of the board of the Israelian orphanage and the president of the Rotterdam Skin and Leather Exahange Fair.
Nowadays the front is all that is left. The building hosts apartments and among others a police station.

This statue is placed on the other side from yesterdays building. I am pretty sure he has something to do with the harbor but really have no idea who he was.
A salute to an unknown dude!

St Jobsweg, the 72 mtrs tall building Witte de With on a cloudy day.

Stadhoudersweg. The train is rushing by underneath and actually the whole street is a mess thanks to a major renovation project, but the storks just stand on their nest as if nothing happens.

Bergse Rechter Rottekade, a little enclosed street in the big city.

Wilhelminapier, Hotel New York in the evening sun

The Bergsingel church, designed in 1913 by Tjeerd Kuipers in a rational style with Jugendstil elements.

Willem van Hillegaersbergstraat. Even in the posh sounding streets a bike's life is never sure.

Botersloot, the back of the Virgin of Holland.

View on the river 'Rotte', a request from Linda.

Wilhelminapier, view on the Erasmusbridge and the city at night.

Swimmingpool Oostervant
Athough not as ever-present as in the States, Valentines day holds us all in its grip. Above you see my son getting his tag for his very first Valentines disco in the swimmingpool.
Whether you are with someone, or without, i hope we all feel the love today :)

View on the Oude Haven, old harbor, on a cold but sunny winter day.

Witte de With. Although closed when i took this picture, their webshop is open 24/7

Dowtown, the rebuilding of Central Station and huge office towers of finanial giants. In the tower in the back they hold official stairclimbing competitions. I kid you not.

Wilhelminapier, sun setting after a cold and rainy day.

View from the Wijnhave onto the Willemsbridge.

Kruiskade, Club 'without concessions. Checkout their schedule with on Valentines day: Fat Lady, the dirty valentine edition. The club opens at 23.00 and you can party till 5 in the morning.

West-Kruiskade, WATT
Last Thursday I have been to a perfromance of the American band Tower of Power. I love a good 'life' band and they can certainly work with the crowd. Besides i also love a big horn section so in short simply had a good night.

Café Het Bolwerk, situated at the bottom of het Witte Huis has been around for ever.

Graffiti on one of the exits of the A20

Wijnhaven or Wine Harbor. Dug in 1613 !! but very few buildings around it (if not none) have survived the sign of the times, especially because of the WWII bombings.

Restaurant Allure,tulip vase and fancy water.
The tulip vase was invented in the 17th century. Back then the tulip was a very expensive and scarse flower. The tulip vase had to be so beautiful that even without flowers it would stand out and show its value. The vase was originally painted in 'Delfsts blue'paint, build up in layers and had openings on the sides where the tulips were stuck in.

Nowadays you get 50 tulips for about 3 dollars, so the showing off part of the vase is no longer functioning. On the other hand if you put some designers water right next to it, it does give the place a certain "air"

Southshore, Cargadoorskade while the sun is setting.

First of the month, so Theme day again and today the theme is Paths and Passages.
What you see is a ticket for the International Filmfestival for today. Robbert, Chelsea and I will have route 4 today.
For today, you can only order random routes. I have no idea which 5 movies I am going to see. Hopefully they're all good but I am pretty sure there are some I would never have picked myself. Still that's one of the attractions of today.

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