The Royal Palace was full of antique furnitures and arts. Like the museum I visited on Day 2, I spent several hours to observe the exhibitions; I needed to stay in queune for some rooms/decorations in restricted areas due to some safety reasons (they are used by the Royal familiy when they have some national guests and it should be kept safe). The result: I really enjoyed the palace but starved when I left. The lunch time came. Traditional pancake It’s quite new knowledge for me to learn that a pancake originates in the Netherlands. Technically, the pancake-like food has been popular in Europe since the ancient Roman time, but the Dutch elevated it to its traditional cuisine called “pannenkoek”. Immigrants brought the pannenkoek on their way to America, and it was shaped to the one we see as an American pancake at present. If I hear the word “pancake”, I would rather think it is a sweat American one; it’s too sugary and sweetened. I’d visited a Hawaiian pancake café in Japan and h...
On Day 3, I went to the Dutch Royal Palace in the central area in Amsterdam. I don’t know why but I’ve been interested in a court culture in Europe since I was a boy. I majored in European history for my bachelor and got interested in a complex of European history dynamics: from a dynasty to a dynasty, from monarchy to republic, from Roman empire to the Catholic world. Among them, the court culture which was kind of a nest to the classical arts and music we are still enjoying sparks my curiosity; as a Patron, they supported various artists and many masterpieces were born with some financial backup from noble/high-class families. The monarch and its family in European countries were also great supports to the beautiful arts. Moses' Room, the abdication of throne Usually, the new Monarch appears followed by the former Monarch passed away, e.g. the King Charles III of Britain was enthroned followed by death of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II. That said, for the Dutch Royal Fam...