The Grand Winston Hotel The Hague

... a characterisitically natural landscape park. The park cost£10million euro to maintain and remains an important recreation resource.<br><br>On leaving the Park we returned to the bus, which took us to Amsterdam Sud, where we caught the first a train to Leiden, and then a second train to Den Haag. On getting off the train, we caught the next train to Den Haag where we continued our journey on a coach to Ypenburg.<br><br>Ypenberg is another Vinex location ...

Delft is primarily known for its typically Dutch town centre with canals, also for the Dutch painter Vermeer and Delft Blue Pottery.<br>Thera drove us from Zevenhoven to this picturesque city in the province of south Holland where I was very impressed with the charm, pottery and the history surrounding the life and assasination of William of Orange at the Prinsenhof.

... the intelligence and credibility of the prosecution witnesses.<br><br>After leaving we headed for the OPCW, or the Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons. The regulate the use and production of chemicals for "peaceful means" (i.e. agriculture, medicine, industry, etc, etc) and monitors the decommissioning, disposal, and cleanup of Chemical Weapons and Chemical Weapon plants. All my Colorado people, think Rocky Mountain Arsenal ...

... lives - It is the pottery that is white and the design is blue and it is mainly done on plates and vases. Next our bus tour brought us to the Hague and were able to see where the Queen of the Netherlands stays, and the World court which Brett found very interesting! We continued our trip to mini-town which was very interesting to say the least. It was kind of like a park that had small replicas of all the important buildings in Holland, different ...

... sign, maybe I should have skipped the Hague today and instead chased that light! There was nothing going on in the Hague - I wandered around, did some shopping, but I really should have left earlier. A lot of the stores have tags showing the cost in multiple currencies, but it was funny to note that the exchange rates weren't always the same, even in the same store. For example, a dress shirt might be shown as being ...

... short vacations in Rome though... Yes well, English sites obviously did not work. BUT... I tried some Italian sites. Much better, since the room I found now is good location and furnished and roughly around 600 euros a month including utilities and adsl connection. (This is for a doppia, which means there are two beds, or at least two spaces to sleep, some have double beds, some have two separate beds.) So yes that's ...

... I cross the Schelde-Rhine Canal, there are a lot of Wind farms here. A Wind farm is a group of interconnected wind turbines, just like the one we have in America. They are all along the canal. I guess this is the modern day version of the Windmill. About 61 miles out from Brugge, I go through a tunnel and just on the other side of the tunnel I see a sign that I enter the Nederlands. Weird, no customs or anything to go through, just a ...

... existent winter, the surrounding area is unfortunately already past its prime. Part of the attraction of Keukenhof is the countryside all around it, which normally would be covered in tulips as far as the eye can see at this time. Since temperatures have been so high though, probably 90% of the flowers have already been clipped. So that was kind of a bummer to see, although we were able to get some idea since a few fields still had flowers. The garden ...

... party. Me, my cousin and a few of her friends. I have never seen a theme like this and it was really kewl. Drinks were fairly expencive but everyone (for the first time in europe) was really polite. I am guessing because it was aimed at the richer market. There were some beutiful women around and yes, i had a little fun ;) It was a night to remember. Have a look at the pictures.

... even apartment buildings in vivid purple, Canals, and canals, and water everywhere. People on the train were friendly. It would have helped if we weren't so rushed prior to leaving the US, but we were, so we had to ask when we were on the train where to get off. And how to find the Haarlem visitors information center, since we didn't have a clue what we were going to do here for the day. Or where our hotel was. We were kindly told ...