holidays

On Wednesday we took a train to The Hague to go see the Escher museum.  It’s in an old royal palace, so the rooms are fun, and the chandeliers are fantastic.  Downstairs they have Escher’s older work, which is the same drawing style, but mostly landscapes, and none of the fun tricks with perspective or illusions. The second floor has what you might call classic Escher: the metamorphoses and impossible buildings, and hands drawing…