Morning At Haarlem

morning at Haarlem drunk tulipomaniac princess collapses

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 1/23/2015 5:04:00 PM

Interesting work..Doesn't sound like a safe place..Thanks for the visit to my page..Sara

Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty
Date: 1/24/2015 9:34:00 AM

Quite safe Sara. You love Tulips? Here princess is a tulip.Love Sara

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/23/2015 5:04:00 PM

I will echo Lyric man. Was this from a movie?

Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty
Date: 1/24/2015 9:40:00 AM

Not from Movie Andrea, but from real life . One morning in 17th Cent. Holland. Tulipomania is metaphor for a large economic bubble (or babble?!) that destroyed the economic profile of Holland (Tulip Trade). Love Andrea dear.Rajat

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 1/23/2015 10:37:00 AM

I have been at the place a few times (N.Y.) Very natural princess' reaction! Excellent my friend, Rajat!

Demetrios Trifiatis
Date: 1/24/2015 10:13:00 AM

I know the story my friend, Rajat! I am an amateur historian apart of my line of work. Of course you know that it was the Dutch that first were established in Manhattan, so I though....I didn't think you went that back in time!

Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty
Date: 1/24/2015 9:31:00 AM

It is Dutch Haarlem Demetrios. And Netherlands is the country of Tulips.Princess here is a Tulip. Tulipomania was a period in the Dutch Golden Age during which contract prices for bulbs of the tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then suddenly collapsed.You may see this page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania page:http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_17/b3678084.htm/etc. for history. Love Demetrios.