Ibis den Haag Scheveningen

... hours with my host Nai and the italian guy he's also hosting (which I'm not a fan of). Nai is super nice but the Italian guy is a bit weird. It's all good, just not a fan..

Tomorrow afternoon I should be heading into Amsterdam.. Hopefully it won't be raining quite so much there.

... the headroom in this niche a little sparse. Every time I turn around in the shower, my (admittedly large) posterior bumps the shower control and shut off the weater. I decide military showers aren't such a bad thng. I should also mention that our room is about 15 feet away from a train track that serves around 100 cars per day. Surprisingly, the electric rail system combined with triple paned, sound proofed windows and 3 feet thick stone ...

... I see the signs for Keukenhof, which is the Park with 17 acres of Tulips. I am so excited. This is like a dream ! I spot a gas station, so I stop and get a diet coke. Just behind the station is more tulips and a wind mill ! Perfect, I take a picture of it. I am seeing lots of busses, so I am thinking; those are tour buses for all these tulip fields. I decide to follow one. I am right! They even have stops where people get out and take pictures ...

... there, around 7.30-8 am Amsterdam time, we went to "Barney's Breakfast" for bacon, eggs, toast, hash browns, coffee, and juice and we were the first ones there!!! Considering Canadian time was 2am and now, its basically 4:25, we are VERY tired - but the tent is all set up and ready for a nap after I write this! We walked past Rastababy already..lol. And took some great pictures too ...

... is very popular. On each of the employee tables, they offer a carton of milk, a jar of nutella, a jar of peanut butter, a tub of margerine and a box of chocolate sprinkles (yes, the kind that you put on top of cupcakes). Apparently, the norm is to spread your bun with margarine and then liberally shake chocolate sprinkles in between your buns! Mind you, this is not a dessert, this is a lunch sandwich!! I can't even ...

... a little under the weather today so today is a little wasted as she's sleeping as I type. boo. cross your fingers for her sore throat to go away. Today it's ok though, we have all tomorrow in Paris, and we have been crazy nonstop since we arrived in Europe so a little break is good. Maybe more on Paris if/when we get to it. But next up is San Sebastian, Spain and I can't wait!!! Especially since they don't speak French there:) Au Revoir

... of direction whatsoever but the tour makes it impossible to get lost. The guide is divided into sections and you can check where you are on a free map that has numbers to correspond with the track you're listening to. I loved it so much I downloaded a 'Magnificent Madrid' tour from Lodingo.com when I arrived the next day and I'm planning a trip back to Amsterdam in November.

Just got up. Last day in Amsterdam, leaving at 2pm(ish) to get the train to Berlin. In a strange way I am really looking forward to the train journey, just to see where we will be spending roughly 10% of the entire trip! Have had a fairly busy couple of days, Sunday some horrible women tried to tell us her shop didnt sell tram tickets, when the blatantly did! And there was a massive fight right by Dam ...

... that Stephanie was suppose to be home. I sat at the street corner bench and cleaned a bit my bag. Well I managed to enter the building but well it took a while before I entered the appartment... nobody heard me knocking :D! We had a short nice chat and a carnivore meal (:S) where I tried to pull aside as much as I could. I had much fun with their found twin parrot bird. And now some seek for host which I have for the whole week now since Alex ...

... te verliezen, zodat we uiteindelijk nog met 3 overbleven : Auste, Asia en ik. Samen dan maar te voet teruggewandeld (ongeveer 1,5 uur !) en naar onze slaapplaats in Scheveningen gegaan. In tegenstelling tot de andere leden van HC sliepen wij niet gezamelijk in een loods, maar had ik onderdak gevonden bij een Canadees, Mark, en zijn Australische vriend Hew. Een huis met sauna, tuin, douche...we hadden het getroffen !