This lad would play anything from his repertoire (7 items) for 50 cents.
The 'free market' with Onbekommerd in the background.
These girls were part of a performance by their music school.
The winning cake
All sorts of confectionary
Onbekommerd amidst the festivities
In Leiden, my cousin Barend came on board for dinner.
The train from Leiden to Den Haag (The Hague) only takes just over 10 minutes, the walk from the harbour to the railway station is longer than that!
Den Haag was started around 1300 when count Floris IV built a small castle near what he considered an attractive forest. Relatively soon thereafter, Floris V built a more substantial castle, which is now the 'Binnenhof', the seat of the Dutch government. From the 1300's, the ruling counts and later monarchs have resided in Den Haag. King Willem Alexander also has his 'working palace' (thats Royalspeak for 'office' there.
There is a particularly fine museum, the 'Mauritshuis', which hosts amongst others two particularly nice Vermeer paintings: "The girl with the pearl earrings" and "View on Delft".
Here is our collection of Den Haag pictures:
Binnenhof and Ridderzaal
Prime minister Rutte's office
Paleis Noordeinde (the King's office)
The Mauritshuis is right next to the Binnenhof
The girl with the pearl earring
View on Delft
Today we spent six hours motoring along very pretty scenery to Amsterdam.
Most of the way is along the Drecht and the Amstel:
But the last hour or so leads you straight through Amsterdam. Tricky with all the tourist boats but otherwise quite unique.
Tomorrow we'll go into Amsterdam, Saturday most likely back North.
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