rijksmuseum
my last stop in amsterdam before heading to hamburg was the rijksmuseum . this is yet another museum under construction with a completion date of sometime in 2013. the museum is over 200 years old. the rijksmuseum they have whittled down a museum about the size of the louvre into eleven rooms of the masterpieces. do not worry though, they are still charging full admission for the museum. on one hand, i think the whittling down is great and therefore they should charge full price. i could easily find the ten masterpieces that my guidebook recommended. i was not exhausted after viewing the art. on the other hand, the museum is usually so large, my guidebook warns "be prepared: this is a difficult museum to get to grips with in a single visit." it did not even put that warning on the louvre! how can you charge full price when i am seeing probably less than 10% of the entire collection? so, i guess that is actually a wash....