Saturday, June 19, 2010

Visit to den Haag during weekend

Last weekend, I went for sailing on Saturday and Den Haag on Sunday.
The pharmacist has his own boat, so off we went sailing with his son, Ruel and his second daughter Ineke and boyfriend of Sandra, Yous. We start sailing from the house to a few of the lakes behind the house and nearby. It was a sunny day but windy day ...When the wind blew on us, it was just freezing cold although the sun was so big above..It was so relaxing for Dutch to sail whenever they like, drinking beer/wine...Almost everyone in Reeuwijks has own boat at house...But I come to know later on that the living expenses is damn expensive here, with tax for the boat, and even dog!

Lots of kids learning how to sail ...
Cute Barney who went sailing with us too..

The pharmacist's wife has some meeting during sunday at Den Haag, so I went with her and she dropped me at the city center to explore myself for 5 hours there. Den Haag is the 3rd largest city in Netherland in where all politic centers, embassy located , also the palace where the Queen live.Although Amsterdam is the capital of The Netherlands, the Hague is the seat of government and is well worth a visit. The Hague is home to the Houses of Parliament, the International Court of Justice and the Peace and three royal palaces.
Bus at Den Haag is some sort like train as they drive on railway like train ans also cables above
There are so many shops for shopping at the city center, the small China town is located at there too!


Outside view of the politic bureau

There is bands on Sunday in front of the street of the bureau



The main building of the politic center
These are some photos of unknown name which I took during my walk around there...

The palace and the palace garden are not so nice, so i did not take many snaps there.
I was lucky enough as on that day there was a musical fiesta around and inside the church from morning till the evening. There were 7 stages around the church and each bands will perform around 10 mins, so you could sit there for the whole day listening to countless orchestra team performing, all in different music style...But it was damn chill outside as it was windy!
I love the performance below so much, Saxophone!
The female vocal sings so well and everyone is deeply immersed in the song!


Initially plan to go to the International Court of Justice, but it is a little bit far from the center which I need to take a tram to reach, since time is a bit tight, so I canceled off the plan and spent the rest of time enjoying the orchestra performance.
My Thai food dinner

This is haring fish which is only available in June in Netherlands. It's eaten raw just like this, but I love it!



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