Little Miss Popular

She of the pearl earring, the milkmaid and a Delft backstreet, the tulip holders, the Indonesian collection, fabulous Japanese lithographs and of course the dolls houses. Amazed to find Soller very prominent on a map from 1553. The Rijksmuseum is hard to spell correctly after such a day.

The evening was filled to the brim with the Sibelius violin concerto at the Concertgebouw with Janine Jansen as a stunning soloist, just magnificent. The Finnish conductor, Klaus Mäkelä, a hugely energetic innovator, took us and the Paris Orchestra at a pace through the Berlioz symphony fantastique after she had left us stunned. We are retiring to our rooms swooning…