Day 4: Amsterdam - Belgium - Luxembourg

This was a travel day which included a bus ride of 6 1/2 hours.  Our first stop was in the picturesque town of Nuenen, Netherlands, one of the early homes of Vincent Van Gogh.  As an artist he produced over 3000 paintings and drawings in his lifetime.  While he was alive, he sold only one painting worth $10.  Recently, one of his sunflower paintings sold for $65 Million.  He died, sadly, of suicide at a very young age.

The next stop was Bastogne, Belgium, to visit a very famous war museum. The Americans stopped the Germans in the WW II Battle of Bastogne and from that point on, they pushed the Germans back to Berlin and ended the war.  70,000 Americans lost their lives in this battle.  The Americans called themselves "The Battling Bastards of Bastogne".  We are staying two nights in Luxembourg, The capitol city of one of the smallest sovereign states.

Van Gogh painting of home in Nuenen

Bastogne

American Memorial

Famous Van Gogh Painting, "Potato Eaters"