An integral part of our vacations had always been visiting architectural and cultural buildings. I cannot remember a single summer holiday in which we just vacationed and relaxed. The usual suspects always came up in our agenda: musea, historical cities, landscapes of importance, palaces, castles and châteaux, and of course, churches. Now, I wasn’t brought [...]

They don’t make galleries like this one anymore. The magnificent ceilings, decorated to hell — the pillars standing there as if there is nothing excessive about them, even though there clearly is — the side-to-side paintings, selected to perfectly create the best mood — the elegant old-fashioned lighting instead of modern, cheap, fluorescent ones. I [...]