As the highly intelligent superhumans who read this blog managed to work out from the somewhat obscure clue in the previous post, we were in The Hague (or Den Haag or even 's-Gravenhage) for the weekend visiting our friends Faye and Wessel. The really observant among you might even have guessed that the weather wasn't great - it rained buckets on Friday when we arrived and on Sunday with some decent enough weather on Saturday.
We had a good time anyway - Faye and Wessel were great hosts, and all the locals were friendly, spoke great English and didn't seem to mind that we hadn't a clue about their language and found it very funny that they have words like "slagroom" and "SpuiMarkt". I really like it when people live up to their national stereotypes and although we didn't see any herbal cigarettes or a surfeit of smutty DVDs we did see a lot of people on bikes including women getting sidesaddle backies on bikes and a couple riding on seperate vehicles but with arms around each others shoulders. Ahhhh.
Faye took us to see the Panorama Mesdag which is an amazing 360 degree picture which really gives a feeling of being in a different time and place.
On Saturday, we visited Escher in Het Paleis which I really enjoyed (although there were no lego models), had some lunch at Rootz which I would recommend if you're in the area and took a trip on the Tram to Delft which was lovely and where Wessel gave us an insight into his student days there and we stopped for a drink here.
On Sunday we went to the Mauritshuis to see the collection there. On the way, we saw a heron which a passing local told us was called Harry from The Hague. When he realised we were from Scotland, he told us he had been on a cruise through the Caledonian Canal and then round the Northern coast of Scotland and had thought it was a fantastic country. We had to agree with him.
Big thanks to Faye and Wessel for their hospitality. It was great to see you guys.
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Despite the rain, it looks like all ya'll still had good travels! I love the drawer crib for Magnus! That is awesome!
What great weekend you had....how did you choose from 60 beers and then go on to see all that culture?! I've only ever been to Amsterdam. I would love to see the Escher and Mauritshuis collections.
Den Haag is definitely on the list now!
Fi...xxx
We did the culture first!
I did love the art, but even the buildings were a joy to walk round. The chandeliers were amazing - almost as good as the ones in Faye and Wessel's house!
I wonder if Nikki would let me put a Skull and Crossbones chandelier above our dining table?
Probably not above the dining room table - could be mistaken for a poison sign. It would be much better in your pirate room. What do you mean, you don't have pirate room?
I wonder if Nikki would let me have a pirate room?
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