Albert Bierstadt paintings

Children welcome former US President Bill Clinton when he visited the American School, in Wassenaar, The Netherlands Tuesday March 13, 2001. Clinton was on his first post-presidential appearance outside the United States.
Lunch with Bill Clinton comes cheaper than a presidential pardon - but would still set you back more than $10,000 (￡7,000). That was what a dozen guests paid for the privilege of a more or less intimate luncheon with the former president in the Netherlands yesterday, when Mr Clinton made his first foray outside the United States since leaving the White House. Nosy reporters with money on their minds were barred from Mr Clinton’s address to European businessmen, who paid up to 3,000 guilders (￡800) a seat to hear a 45-minute talk on "Reshaping the Future