Crowne Plaza Hotel Den Haag-Promenade The Hague

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Visit to The Tweeder Kamer: Second Chamber of the States General (Lower House or House of Representatives): The first part of the building we entered was the Statenpassage - the central part. It looked very ordinary and even untidy in its construction, but once again, like in Scotland, I was assured it was abstract art at work, and it was really modern!! One thing I found interesting was the four marble panels were originally from the session hall of ...

... is currently presiding over a war crimes case out of Sudan.

On our last night in The Hague, after the Criminal Tribunal, some friends and I went down to the beach. We learned that the "beach" is the North Sea, which didn't sound too inviting, so nobody tried to go to touch the water. We walked along the boardwalk, which seemed pretty touristy, but still fun, and ended up eating in a piano bar, where 2 guys play requests. We heard both ...

Robin and I moved into our new house on the 1st of November! We actually had a lot of help from his friends and family to paint, clean and move all Robin's stored furniture, so it really didn't take long. We finished within the weekend, and as of Monday the 3rd we were officially living in the Hague. Our apartment is in the West end of the city, about a 10 minute bike ride from the centre. We live ...

... after all that walking we boarded the train and headed to Rotterdam to check in to our hostel. Rotterdam is, as I mentioned, the 2nd largest city in Holland (next to Amsterdam, of course) and is a complete modern city because of being bombed in WWII. It has such a different feel to it; something like a large city in America, because all the buildings are new and there are many sky-scrapers. The hostel experience was new to Mike & I, and it was a little different; but I'll go into ...

... a saving of 255 €- for no drop off charge)! We went to the garage to pick the car up and found it was an Opel Astra; as there was a Volkswagen Gulf also with French ...

... are fairly comparable, and dairy products are even cheaper. Perhaps it is the heavy subsidization of food that keeps the prices so favourable compared to everything else. Or perhaps I need to stop shopping at Co-op. After a lenghty day wandering around Amsterdam, we buy oodles of food, stuff them all around Roel in his stroller ...

... early and headed to the airport. I was nervous about flying, but strangely, more nervous about what was awaiting me on my return to England. I felt like I had been away for so long that I wouldn't be able to adjust to living in a house again and not out of a broken backpack. I'd have to use pounds again (not that I had any left) and start looking for a place to live and a job. I was having a big reality check and it wasn't fun. However, the moment I stepped off the ...

Je suis maintenant a Amsterdam depuis 2 jours. La ville est superbe, remplie de canaux, de petits bateaux et de bicyclettes!! La relation qu'on les gens ici avec la bicyclette est formidable! Absolument tout le monde se promene a velo!! Il y a des immenses parking de velo, des lumieres expres pour les velos et absolument toutes les routes ont des pistes cyclables. Bref c'est le velo en premier, les pietons, le tramway et ensuite ...

... time ¡V oh and should any of you come to Amsterdam, please note that the crossing lights are only designated for part of the street ¡V look for the traffic signal half-way through the busy intersection. The one across the street ¡V where my North American eye is drawn ¡V only applies to the second half of the street and not to the bus lane directly in front of me fº Here¡¦s another observation, all this bicycle riding makes for a much leaner population. While we ...

... and chock-a-block full of all sorts of goodies. NO. We didn't buy out the store. We did buy a liter of red and tomorrow we will complete our travel menu with some cheese, meat and bread for snacking on the train. After I finish with this, I'll go rest a while, finish packing and get ready for another night on the town. You guys ain't got nuthin'on us. Cheers and good bye from Holland.