In the last post I showed you interior photos of the Binnenhof. Here is how the parliament’s complex looks when you round the corner to get the water shots: I love how you can see the skyscrapers and scaffoldings in the background as a new skyline hovers over The Hague’s city center: By the time I reach the flag-lined bridge, …
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Den Haag
Sometimes there are no words to describe certain photos. You’ll just have to go with me on this one. Anyway, from Ter Heijde village limits (don’t you love how a windmill will just pop out of a street corner?)… I said we’d go to The Hague, or Den Haag… which doesn’t look all that different from any of the countless …
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Monster, Eh?
It was a dark and stormy night…so the expression goes, but that was my first thought upon pulling up past this sign in pitch dark, with the wind howling outside the car: Monster, eh? Seemed fitting enough (and yes, I took that photo the next day when the storm clouds blew over), but a few meters later it’s Ter Heijde …
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Happy Turkey Feasting
This time last year my Belgian host family celebrated an American Thanksgiving by going to bed at 9pm so that we could be out the door by 3:30am for Black Friday shopping. After that experience I grumbled to myself that my favorite holiday had become too commercialized and that perhaps real traditions were going the way of dinosaurs. Fast forward …
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I Got Help
As a mentor once told me, it’s always free to ask. What’s not always free is the answer. Luckily for me, from my last SOS post I got help, directly from Paris. Or maybe I should get help, once you see the rest of my photos. But let’s face it, where there’s a kitschy Karl Lagerfeld anything, I’m sure to …