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Early start today and a train to catch for a day trip to Edinburgh and a visit to the Scottish National Gallery :D

Going to see this http://www.nationalgalleries.org/whatso ... DhaukZ4Qmw
and this http://www.nationalgalleries.org/whatso ... Dha8EZ4Qmw
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I'm Very Envious :mrgreen:
Have A Great Time.
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Have a great day. If ever you are in Amsterdam don't miss the Van Gogh museum. We went 10yrs ago when they had a joint Van Gogh and Gaugin exhibition.

Went to the Tate Modern a fews weeks back when visiting my sister in London, what a dissapointment!
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A very enjoyable day. I would recommend Van Gogh to Kandinsky-Symbolist Landscape in Europe 1880-1910 to anyone who finds themselves in Edinburgh.

No matter how well you know an image/painting, nothing compares to seeing it for real. I was particularly taken with Wheat Field with a Reaper by Van Gogh and how he describes the painting to his brother in a letter written when he was in an asylum.

I also ended up following Mark Gattis (carrying his Mycroft umbrella) round the gallery!
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