Parkhotel Den Haag The Hague

... 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.

... a lot of fun and is, of course, now a cohort joke! Anyway, we received a briefing about the trial before going to the viewing gallery. Now, we were all expecting to be up in the nosebleed section, looking down on the court proceedings, but we were literally RIGHT THERE! Charles Taylor was 3 feet from us, albeit though bullet proof glass. Very exciting! We spent about 90 minutes listening to him testify and his common "defense" was to ...

Day 2 we decided that we should take a guided bus tour of other parts of Holland. Brett and I decided to take a 5.5 hour bus tour of Holland. First we were able to see a little more of Amsterdam before leaving the city and heading towards the Hague. The country side was very nice - full of many new and old wind-mills. Our first stop was at a pottery factory in Delft apparently Delft pottery is very famous I am sure many of us have seen at one point in ...

... take the plunge! Today, I'm going to the Hague - the original plan was to stay a night there, but from what I've heard it's kind of boring, so instead I'm doing it as a day trip and spending an extra night in Amsterdam. As I left, a couple of Spanish senoritas were dancing and singing something about "the light". Oh yes ... a beautiful Spanish senorita IS the light, and what a beautiful light it can be! Maybe it was ...

... let me through. Thank goodness. So we are now in the Hague in Holland. It's beautiful here. It is about 10 times better than Italy. Everyone is so nice, and its cheaper, but beautiful. It is a lot more like home here. There are trees and grass the city is just gorgeous. The hotel has real internet and its free in the lobby. I am so excited about this program. I will keep you updated because I am predicting that it will be awesome.

... keen on going there without me anyway. BUT HOW THE HELL IS SHE SUPPOSED TO LEARN ITALIAN ON HER OWN?!?!?! So yes, that's made of win. I, on the other hand, am doing quite well, thank you very much. I have FINALLY finished all my schoolwork and only have 7 weeks left before summer. During these 7 weeks all I have to do is get my points for this course and get my graduation assignment approved. Bah, ah mere ...

... live'" in Los Angeles, and the Li'l Rascals Brass Band. Playlist #140 [01] Opening Music: Walter "Wolfman" Washington: Get On Up [02] John Sinclair Intro, Comments & Opening Tokes with Larry & Henk [03] Johnny Adams: Look the Whole World Over [04] Dr. John: I Thought I Heard New Orleans Say [05] Walter "Wolfman" Washington: You're Fine [06] Comments & Conversation with Andy ...

... the old bars that are all wood inside. We were super hungry because we hadn't eaten since lunch, so we went to the only place that was open at 3:30 am. It was like an Indian restaurant, but they were only serving two things that late. I had some sort of meet and it came with French fries, but I don't think they call them French fries here. Today we went to the Rembrandt museum, Van Gogh museum, and the Anne Frank House. I really liked the Anne Frank House, and I think my dad did too. We ...

Very good hostel breakfast - 3 cheeses and meats, assorted buns and bread (I stuck to the multi-grain bread), plain yogurt, cereal, juice, coffee, biscuits and even hard boiled eggs. Mmmm ... the last time I ate a hard-boiled egg for breakfast while traveling was at a hotel in Barcelona. They had a very nice, rich peanut butter. I stuffed myself - old hostel habits die hard! You gotta go to town on freebies! They actually ...

Met the family in Toronto and flew overnight to Amsterdam via Air Canada. At least they feed you on overseas flights. This trip is a revisit of old haunts and reletives for myself and the wife and an introduction to the old world culture for the kids. When traveling with family the trip is much more luxurious than when by yourself. We rented a car! A diesel Opal that we all fitted into. Europe has all the kid friendly ammenities that I didn't notice 25 years ago ...