Amsterdam region.... Greenhouses everywhere!!

[poodlesrule]

Just spent three weeks in native France (finally got to visit Versailles, a whole subject in itself).

The Amsterdam flight stopover was interesting, as the aerial view is stunning: hundreds of gigantic greenhouses...!!
And water bodies, big and small. Interesting landscape.

Anybody here familiar with this area?

Other: Every time I visit my native area, France/Switzerland, I am reminded of a certain lack of "vibe", compared to the U.S. Very hard to explain. I was in an IKEA store in Geneva, (high standard of living, etc.) looking around, observing people, and could not connect at all. Later, my sister joined me and l told her about the lack of vibe. she gave me a weird look... not the first time, LOL.
Speaking of Geneva, l leaned through a cousin that two-thirds of the world oil trade is dealt there... astonishing!

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[sunvalleylaw]

Cool! I got to spend a day in Amsterdam with my family two years ago as part of our trip to Holland. It was a beautiful and historical city.

Not sure what you are saying about vibe, whether it is lacking here in the States or over in your native area. The vibe I most noticed in Holland, especially in my mother-in-law's home city of Arnhem, was a remembrance of the pain of WWII, and almost as the area still had some PTSD that had flowed down through the generations there. Given what that city had endured, I suppose I could understand it. What I am trying to say is that it is like a type of realism vs. optimism that seems to pervade as compared to the States. Though I would say that that traditional US sense of optimism is starting to get a little rough around the edges these days too. Not wanting to comment on anything politically, just an observation of comparative "vibe" if you will.

[deeaa]

People are so different in different parts of countries even. I have felt that same kind of lack of vibe in many places,, while others have felt vibrant. Even within one country.

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[poodlesrule]

Intetesting SVL.
My vibe feel idea is to be understood almost in a rock music sense. Feels a wee bit too quiet to me, especially the Swiss part..
I do understand that the Dutch are quite dynamic folks. One just need to look at aerial views to see the extend of industry and trade going on!


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[sunvalleylaw]

People are so different in different parts of countries even. I have felt that same kind of lack of vibe in many places,, while others have felt vibrant. Even within one country.

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Yes, I agree, and was thinking about that and how to express it as I was trying to type my reply. Here, even between where I live and Twin Falls, and hour and a half away, marks a very big difference in feel. More so than in western Washington along Interstate 5 where things have largely "congealed" into a large urban/suburban area. Here, with Idaho's rural lands and small towns, things are quite different from town to town.

[sunvalleylaw]

Intetesting SVL.
My vibe feel idea is to be understood almost in a rock music sense. Feels a wee bit too quiet to me! I do understand that the Dutch are quite dynamic folks. One just need to look at aerial views to see the extend of industry and trade going on!

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Yeah, I was not really in Amsterdam long enough to get a real feel for things. I stayed longer in Arnhem.

Here is one guy in Amsterdam that I have communicated on Youtube whose music vibe I enjoy!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z5zSFc43cI

He communicated with me when I was working on learning this. I still can't play it as well as he does, but I have not worked on it lately. He does lots of Ramones stuff. When I get my tele put back together with the new pickups, I am going to take another whack at this.