http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Netherlands , South Holland , The Hague en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 03:07:36 +0000 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:07:36 +0000 So the interweb Luddite has finally set up his first page for our upcoming trip to India.It is 0635 and I should be getting ready for work. It is cold and grey outside and I have a 30 min walk to the office as I still have not fixed my bike. I use the gas rings to heat the room as the central heating is as temperamental as a Dutch waiter.Work is pretty hectic after a couple of trips that need repo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/Scheveningen/blog-755528.html I visited my friend Evina in Den Haag. I spent about a week there exploring the city.Den Haag is much larger than Leiden and made quite a different impression on me. It is right on the coast the number of sea birds is a testament to that but this is easy to forget on account of the size of the city. Den Haag also doesn39t have canals like Leiden or Utrecht do.Next to the Central Train Sta http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-734738.html Hi all been a little too busy to write much about our travels so will try and just do little bits and add photos.Tuesday 26th JuneYesterday we bid farewell to Miss Sarah who was returning home to her much missed husband via a shopping stopover in Bangkok like she had not already bought everything on offer in Morocco Miss you already Princess oops sorry Queen SarahAnd then there were 6Thi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-727040.html After a few intense days in the Netherlands we thought we would take it fairly easy for the last few days of our visit. So on January 2 we paid a visit to den Haag The Hague and we thoroughly toured through Utrecht the next day.Getting around in the Netherlands is easy. From Utrecht we hopped on a train and about 40 minutes later we found ourselves in den Haag. The Hague is home to the Neth http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-678734.html Wednesday 17th August 2011The Hague.We arrived early by train and enjoyed a starbucks breakfast at the railway station. We set off on foot armed with google maps on the iphone to find our main destination for the day the Maurizhous an art gallery with a collection of Dutch masters including Ver meer Rembrandt Jan Steen Franz Hals Holbein and others. The most famous painting they house wa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-636884.html We zijn nog in Nederland maar het voelt een beetje alsof we al op reis zijn. Vandaar alvast een voorproefje op ons travelblog. Omdat het pand waarin we woonden binnenkort wordt afgebroken hebben we drie weken geleden onze spullen in een loods opgeslagen. Sindsdien zijn we zwervende en afhankelijk van de liefdadigheid van anderen voor onderdak. We zijn in deze afgelopen weken vier keer verhui http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/Scheveningen/blog-633515.html This is a good bit late but I will chronicle our trip from Brussels to The Hauge. Allegedly it is a 2 hour1 train trek however due to some power outage in The Hague it took more like 4 hours and 45 trains I lost count and a few miles of backtracking to finally make it to The Hague. And of course we came in to the train station furthest away from our stay. On our taxi ride though we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-625482.html So. Only 11 more days and I39ll be on a plane to Jakarta Indonesia. I can39t waitI39ve already cleaned my room although you wouldn39t say that if you look at it now clothes and other stuff I wanna bring are everywhere I39m gonna miss my cozy little room here in Scheveningen but I shouldn39t complain 7weeks in Indonesia beats 7weeks in ScheveningenToday I was video chattin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/Scheveningen/blog-620090.html To everybody who loves animals nature mankind and traveling. Have you ever had that feeling that you know what you are about to do will be exciting amazing and well...the closed to your dream ever I am at that point I have done some amazing things in my life but the biggest challenge has just knocked on my door. To travel the world and raise awareness for really important causes like WWF Gr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-566549.html Goedemiddag allemaalWe zijn weer terug Al zo'n 2 dagen hoor p. We hebben wel last van een jetlag...Maandagochtend gingen we in een veeeeel te kleine taxi naar het vliegveld. Het miezerde buiten dus we vonden het niet zo heel erg dat we weer weg gingen. Voordat we het vliegtuig instapten hebben we de dutyfree shop nog even geplunderd. 'Ja Kunnen we de vloeistof ook van Madrid naar Amsterdam http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-524873.html This morning we headed off to Den Haag The Hague. Our first stop was Madurodam which is a big tourist attraction consisting of around 200 buildings in The Netherlands created by hand in miniature scale of 251. It was sort of like the Dutch version of Cullen Gardens except that they were replicas of actual things here some of which we've already seen and some not. For example they had a repl http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-516394.html It is cloudy windy and coldish when we deship in the Hook of Holland. I am still feeling rather queasy and motion sick when we take the 30 minute tram ride into the bustling Den Haag train station where a surprise awaits us We are warmly greeted by the King of Holland in full Orange football regalia with oversized orange bejeweled sunglasses. We had been feeling peckish and decided to gra http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-512080.html Hey everyoneThese past few days have been full of wonderful small towns and checking out some great museums. The history that surrounds you in this place is amazing as does all of Europe. I'm very much looking forward to visiting Belgium this week.Anyway so what did I do I've been pretty lucky these past few days as the sun has been shining it's certainly been holding in the crisp 20s and 3 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-480604.html Hi allSo I made it safely to Holland yesterday. I arrived at Schiphol Airport pronounced Skipole around 1130am and had to take a train over to The Hague to meet my friend Lisa B. to grab her key. I successfully got myself on the train but missed the connection LOL even though everyone here speaks English Dutch is the main language and I didn't realize that I had to stop and technicall http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-479861.html Tuesday 23.2.2010 day 133The Hague NetherlandsWe drove to The Hague and then on to Belgian. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-478302.html For a little time out we have decided to catch up with a friend we made on our Kumuka tour and a chance to have a break and turns out to enjoy some home comforts.We have about 5 days here to just chill. Jay's got a bit of a cold so a slow and easy stay is ahead of us.We did headed out Saturday to grab some tickets to the local soccer match for Sunday and Jay Breezy kicked the footy around for a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-425822.html Welcome to my travelblogDuring my travels in Asia 20072008 I met my girlfriend Anna from Finland in Cambodia in the city of Battambang. When I returned in Europe and after a year of traveling to and from Berlin and Finland because she was studying and living there we decided to take on another epic journey. This time we are going together Meanwhile Anna got a 4 month internship for the Finnis http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-416401.html Today I went to the embassy of the People's Republic of China. I was told to be early so I was. I arrived 35 minutes before it opened but I was number 8 in line. Of course getting a visa is not really exiting although I thought at first... The province of Heilongjiang the place I will be studying has stamped my visa application which ensures me a visa. However the visa the lady wanted to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-415747.html Jedino sto valja u Hagu jeste plaza. Sednes u tramvaj 1 i pravac Sheveningen. I odjednom potpuno drugaciji grad. Lepsi zvuk topliji vazduh zivlja atmosfera. Apsolutni kontrast u odnosu na centar u kom nema zive duse. Voda pesak i mir. A plaza kao iz americkih filmova bez Mica Bjukenona naravno. Ali sa gomilom ljudi zaljubljenih parova dece... Cini se da je to jedino mesto gde svi ljudi do http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-395950.html Nasa poseta Tribunalu je okoncana. Posle celodnevnih predavanja slusanja sudjenja pisanja izvestaja i kafe s Bramercom lakse se dise... Sad sledi zurka Sirom Holandije proslavlja se Queen's day kraljicin rodjendan. Na trgu pored biblioteke vec grmi stejdz saobracaj je skoro blokiran mladi se krecu ka Amsterdamu. Mi cemo takodje. Cim se naspavamo. Kazu da zurka pocinje jos veceras i traje do http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-394946.html