One of the pleasures of our trip to Toronto recently was a day spent in the Art Gallery of Ontario. The featured exhibition, Impressionism in the Age of Industry, is terrific, but we also were able to saunter through the other galleries. This painting. "Skaters on the Amstel" by Arent Arentsz which dates from the 1620s, was one that stopped me dead in my tracks. Showing skaters on the frozen river it also portrays two well-dressed dudes playing "kolf" which looks a lot like golf mixed with hockey. People have been looking for ways to amuse themselves forever, I guess.
Note on the weather: the local authorities just took down the boards for the outdoor hockey rinks in our neighborhood. This year was a pretty good one for playing the game outside, and the rinks were in use until just a few days ago.
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The climate has changed dramatically there, and it is rare indeed that the Amstel freezes over to the extent that it is safe for people to skate on it and enjoy other winter sports and games.
You might be interested in this, http://cinemabeaubien.com/fr/film/reveuses-de-villes-stf-_fr
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