MASTERPIECES OF ART AND NATURE

April 12 to 22, 2019

a program of the stanford alumni association When I think of Holland, I envision tulips, wooden shoes and wind- mills, but the is also a modern, progressive country. We’ll explore this fascinating blend of Holland’s Golden Age and 21st century as we navigate its scenic waterways, a labyrinth of canals and locks that’s a marvel of hydro-engineering. It being the height of the spring blooming season, we’ll cruise by brilliantly hued felds of Holland’s iconic tulips that exemplify the cutting edge of sustainable agriculture and biogenetics. We’ll travel through the idyllic countryside that inspired a genre and a generation of Dutch and Flemish masters whose works we’ll view at the region’s world-class art museums— some recently modernized. Come celebrate old and new Holland and the magnifcent Dutch spring with us!

BRETT S. THOMPSON, ’83, DIRECTOR, STANFORD TRAVEL/STUDY

Highlights CAPTION

ENJOY a private seven- VIEW renowned works TOUR the famous annex EXAMINE the inner work- night cruise aboard of art by the great masters where Anne Frank and ings of the world’s largest the charming, intimate at the Rijksmuseum and her family hid during flower auction in Aalsmeer 28-passenger canal barge, the Van Gogh Museum, World War II, and view and stroll through ’s MS Magnifique II, built in Amsterdam. her original diary. Gardens’ 88 in 2016. acres of magnificent flowers.

COVER: CANAL, AMSTERDAM

ERASMUS BRIDGE, Stanford Faculty Leader

CAROLYN LOUGEE has been teaching history at Stanford since 1973. A specialist in early modern Europe, she has made pioneering contributions to social and cultural history, particularly to the history of women and families. Her courses for undergraduates have regularly included Western Civ and its various successors. Both her teaching and her research include a focus on the small country of the Netherlands, because it played a disproportionately large role “I will go anywhere in the formation of Europe over the centuries—through its capitalist economy, its democratic with Carolyn. She is governance, its artistic creativity—and continues to provide leadership on pressing issues, interested in history, including water management in an age of climate change and international law in an age of global politics, geology, art, upheaval. Her lectures during this trip will offer insights into each of these aspects of “Holland’s” music, architecture, culture and into the challenges facing the Dutch in the years ahead. current culture, in — Frances and Charles Field Professor in History; Bass Fellow in Undergraduate short, everything that Education; director, structured liberal education—all Stanford University helps us to know an — Formerly at Stanford: chair, history department; dean, undergraduate studies; area better. She is senior associate dean, humanities and sciences so knowledgeable — Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for Distinguished Service to Undergraduate Education and I always learn — Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching so much from her.” — BA, history, 1963, Smith College

JO ANNE FREEMAN, — PhD, history, 1972, University of Michigan ’82, PROVENCE SEMINAR, 2017

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Museum, home to the largest vivid, first-hand experience to the Frans Hals Museum, Itinerary collection of van Gogh’s of her extraordinary life in located in a 17th-century paintings and drawings in hiding in the Secret Annex. almshouse and home to FRIDAY & SATURDAY, the world. After dinner, Embark our river barge many of the masterful portrait APRIL 12 & 13 perhaps attend an optional late this afternoon. painter’s best-known works. U.S. / AMSTERDAM, MS MAGNIFIQUE II (B,D) MS MAGNIFIQUE II (B,L,D) THE NETHERLANDS concert at Amsterdam’s famous Concertgebouw, Depart the U.S. on overnight TUESDAY, APRIL 16 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 flights to Amsterdam. Upon a concert hall whose HAARLEM LISSE / arrival on Saturday, transfer acoustics are rated Relax on deck as our vessel After an early breakfast, to our hotel in the heart of among the world’s finest. makes its way west along set out to experience the CONSERVATORIUM HOTEL (B) the city. Rest after the flight scenic waterways into the sights and fragrances of or stroll through town before MONDAY, APRIL 15 harbor of Haarlem. This Lisse’s amazing Keukenhof our welcome reception and AALSMEER / charming medieval market Gardens, world-renowned AMSTERDAM / EMBARK dinner. CONSERVATORIUM town gave its name to for its seasonal display of HOTEL (4/13: D) Early this morning enjoy a New York’s Harlem district more than seven million rare opportunity to witness in the 17th century when blooming tulips, daffodils, SUNDAY, APRIL 14 the Aalsmeer Flower Auction, Manhattan was still a Dutch hyacinths and other colorful AMSTERDAM where we watch the haggling After breakfast, depart on colony. After lunch on spring bulbs. Stroll through and deal-making among our first excursion: a visit to board, we begin our walking acre after acre of the world’s flower vendors and get a the Rijksmuseum, one of tour that takes us by the largest flower garden, taking taste of life behind the Europe’s greatest museums, Town Hall, site of the city’s in a beautiful scene that scenes of the tulip trade. reopened in 2013 after a government since 1100, exists only for a short time Return to our hotel for 10-year renovation and filled and into the impressive each spring. Following lunch breakfast, followed by time with masterpieces from the Grote Kerk, a Protestant on our own, we cruise along for an independent stroll Dutch Golden Age. Enjoy church and former Catholic the famous Flower Route. through the Museumplein. lunch independently at one of cathedral. Inside its walls Stop in the elegant city of After lunch on our own, we Amsterdam’s many charming is Holland’s greatest pipe Leiden, home to the oldest gather again for a canal cafes. This afternoon we organ, standing more than university in the Netherlands. boat tour through the city’s head to the Museum District, 100 feet high with 5,000 Dine together this evening labyrinthine canals. Call at where we visit the Van Gogh pipes and once played by on our barge. MS MAGNIFIQUE II the Anne Frank House for a Mozart and Handel. Continue (B,D) AMSTERDAM CHEESE SHOP, GOUDA

THURSDAY, APRIL 18 of Dutch Golden Age the largest concentration fields and small villages, or / artist Johannes Vermeer of traditional windmills opt to relax on deck or enjoy Begin the day in The Hague and an important center for remaining in the Netherlands. a hands-on experience with (Den Haag), the seat of the production of ceramics, Take an optional bike ride our chef, helping out with government and home of specifically the world-famous along the canals to soak in tonight’s dessert. After we’ve the Royal Family. Our morn- Delftware. Return to our the beauty of this historic worked up an appetite, enjoy ing tour includes viewing barge in time for dinner. area. Re-board our barge a beer tasting and dinner on the Mauritshuis Collection, MS MAGNIFIQUE II (B,D) and have lunch while cruising board. MS MAGNIFIQUE II (B,L,D) which features to Gouda. Our afternoon works by Vermeer, FRIDAY, APRIL 19 tour includes a visit to SUNDAY, APRIL 21 Rembrandt and ROTTERDAM / AMSTERDAM KINDERDIJK / GOUDA Gouda’s architecturally rich other celebrated Relax on board as we enjoy Rise this morning to the city square and to St. John’s Old Masters. a leisurely sail back to colorful, bustling Church with its world-famous Spend the Amsterdam. Take some time activity of Rotterdam stained glass windows. afternoon this afternoon to explore the Harbor and enjoy Enjoy dining independently in Delft, city’s charming streets or visit breakfast while cruis- at one of Gouda’s many fine birthplace some of Amsterdam’s most ing to the UNESCO World restaurants this evening. beloved sites before reuniting Heritage site of MS MAGNIFIQUE II (B,L) with the group to celebrate Kinderdijk. Tour the end of our journey at the windmills the SATURDAY, APRIL 20 GOUDA / OUDE WETERING this evening’s farewell site is known for, We awake in Gouda, famous reception and dinner aboard built in the late for its cheese, produced here our barge. MS MAGNIFIQUE II (B,D) 1700s and now since the late 12th century. Our walking tour includes the MONDAY, APRIL 22 AMSTERDAM / medieval Markt Square. This DISEMBARK / U.S. afternoon, perhaps take a Disembark our river barge bike ride through the Groene and transfer to Amsterdam’s Hart (“Green Heart”) of the international airport for flights Dutch countryside, a lovely back to the U.S. (B) rural landscape of lakes,

SELF PORTRAIT IN A FELT HAT, VAN GOGH STANDARD CABIN MS Magnifique II Program Cost* Unlike the many large vessels that ply the Dutch waterways, the Rates are per person, based on double occupancy, MS Magnifique II combines modern features with the comfortable unless otherwise noted. atmosphere of a traditional barge. Newly built in 2016, she features a tastefully furnished salon with a restaurant and bar on the upper deck, along with a teak sun deck. Cabins are appointed with twin Category A $9,695 beds, private bath, climate control and flat-screen TV. Lower-deck Standard cabin, 118 sq. ft. cabins (118 sq. ft.) have fixed portholes while the four upper-deck suites (151 sq. ft.) have large windows. Chartered exclusively for Stanford, this new barge accommodates just 28 guests. Category AA $11,795 Suite, 151 sq. ft.

Category A, Single $11,995** Standard cabin, 118 sq. ft.

*Stanford Alumni Association nonmembers add $300 per person. **Single accommodations are limited at this rate.

BUILT: 2016

REGISTRY: THE NETHERLANDS 3 1

DRAFT: 23.3 FEET Sun Deck LENGTH: 209 FEET 4 2 CRUISING SPEED: 7.5 KNOTS

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DATES Deposit & Final Payment to transportation and ship April 12 to 22, 2019 (11 days) A $1,000-per-person deposit is arrangements and exercise every required to reserve space on this care possible in doing so. However, program. Sign up online at alumni. we can assume no liability for SIZE stanford.edu/trip?dutch2019 or call injury, damage, loss, accident, This program can accommodate 28 participants. Single the Travel/Study office at (650) 725- delay or irregularity in connection 1093. Final payment is due 120 days with the service of any automobile, accommodations are extremely limited; please call for availability. prior to departure. As a condition motor coach, launch or any other of participation, all confirmed conveyance used in carrying out this INCLUDED participants are required to sign program or for the acts or defaults a Release of Liability. of any company or person engaged 2 nights of 5-star hotel accommodations 7-night cruise in conveying the passenger or in aboard the MS Magnifique II 9 breakfasts, 3 lunches and Cancellations & Refunds carrying out the arrangements of 7 dinners Welcome and farewell receptions Gratuities to Deposits and any payments are the program. We cannot accept refundable, less a $500-per- any responsibility for losses or porters, guides, drivers and ship crew for all group activities person cancellation fee, until 120 additional expenses due to delay All tours and shore excursions as described in the itinerary days prior to departure. After that or changes in air or other services, Airport transfers and baggage handling on program arrival day date, refunds can be made only sickness, weather, strike, war, if the program is sold out and quarantine, force majeure or other and group transfer to the airport and baggage handling on your place(s) can be resold, in causes beyond our control. All departure day Minimal medical, accident and evacuation which case a $1,000-per-person such losses or expenses will have insurance Port fees and embarkation taxes Educational cancellation fee will apply. to be borne by the passenger as tour rates provide arrangements program with lecture series and pre-departure materials, includ- Insurance only for the time stated. 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It is understood that 14 days of written confirmation of the ship’s ticket, when issued, shall your participation on the trip. constitute the sole contract between AIR ARRANGEMENTS the passenger and the cruise You are responsible for booking and purchasing airfare to the Eligibility company. The airlines concerned start location of the program and from the end location of the We encourage membership in the are not to be held responsible for any act, omission or event during program. These air purchases are NOT included in the program Stanford Alumni Association as the program cost for nonmembers the time that passengers are not on cost. To assist you in making these independent arrangements, is $300 more than the members’ board their plane or conveyance. we will send you information with your confirmation materials on price. A person traveling as a paid Neither the Stanford Alumni Association, Stanford University when to arrive and depart. guest of a current member will not be charged the nonmember nor our operators accept liability for fee. To purchase a membership, any carrier’s cancellation penalty WHAT TO EXPECT visit alumni.stanford.edu/goto/ incurred by the purchase of a membership or call (650) 725-0692. nonrefundable ticket in connection We consider this program to be mildly strenuous, and at times, with the tour. Program price is physically demanding and busy. Daily excursions involve one to Responsibility based on rates in effect in May two miles of walking in all weather and occasionally on uneven The Stanford Alumni Association, 2018 and is subject to change Stanford University and our without notice to reflect fluctuations terrain such as cobblestone streets. Lunches are generally eaten operators act only as agents in exchange rates, tariffs or fuel independently while we are on excursions, and there are several for the passenger with respect charges. days in which guests are off the vessel for a full day while it repositions. The MS Magnifique II is a casual barge, not a luxury riverboat. Passenger cabins are reached via a steep flight of 14 stairs with a handrail; there is no elevator access. There are sev- TELEPHONE (650) 725-1093 EMAIL [email protected] eral optional opportunities for biking over flat terrain. Participants California Seller of Travel Program Registration #2048 523-50 must be physically fit, active and in good health. We welcome

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MASTERPIECES OF ART AND NATURE

April 12 to 22, 2019

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“I’ve been on three Stanford trips and this was my favorite. It was a perfect blend of visiting great places, learning a lot and having fun. Stanford provides unique access to activities, places and people.”

SUSAN TERMOHLEN, JD ’81, DUTCH WATERWAYS, 2017

STANFORD TRAVEL/STUDY

RIJKSMUSEUM, AMSTERDAM