We’re Big in Holland
House on Red Corner · 2009-03-10
*[photo — not archived by Wayback]*On Friday of the previous week, we all piled into a jetplane and flew overseas to Den Haag. While we were in Adelaide, we had met with one of TheWife’s friends for about an hour as she was passing through that town. The Friend is a big international traveller and works and lives in various places around the world so we were fortunate to meet up with her in Adelaide. In the course of that visit, she mentioned that she’d be in Den Haag for a couple months and that we should come and visit.
So we booked a round-trip flight.
We were going to stay with her in her little apartment but it was apparent to her that a baby, a little girl and a couple would be too much to have in her tiny living room for a week. So, we booked a hotel next to Den Haag Centraal Railway Station. They were having a winter special which made things great for us!
Of course that was not that there was to our visit. We had a couple other friends with whom we were able to visit. TheBubster was able to meet some kids who live there and play with them a couple of times. We ate Stroopwaffles, poffertjes and of course pancakes. TheBubster was silly happy with the amount of pancakes we ate!
*[photo — not archived by Wayback]*We also went sightseeing. We went to Madurodam (pictured above) and Schevinengen; the swimming pool I hung around when I was 16 is now an Aquarium. And of course, we looked at the Escher exhibit at Het Palais. Naturally, I mimicked a very famous Escher print with my mobile while sitting next to that very same print. TheBubster seemed to really enjoy that museum. The next day, she really enjoyed the museum where Vermeer’s Girl with Pearl Earring is displayed, mostly because she had a very personal guided tour by our friend who was quite keen to educate her in all the works of the Dutch Masters. We were happy of course to be able to take in some culture without worrying about chasing a very active and busy little girl.