The Hague, Holland (Phill)
Quick one, I did forget to metion the latest Feik-ism. The lovely Fieke managed to inform me that I "might be intelligent in some way". Deadly serious too, that's good to know. For all you who thought I was just good looks, or simply wasting earth's valuable oxygen, it's now confirmed that I'm more than just that! ;)
Well, in the past few days I've continued the tourist theme. I went back to Amsterdam for the World Information Exhibition, typical nerdy stuff that I like. I managed to get asked to leave when I modified one of their information kiosks to give me free internet access! The following day Fieke and I went to meet her parents in their little village near Rosendaal. This is the first stop in Holland from Belgium and Fiek's mum explained that lots of people come here just to buy drugs and hop back on the train to Belgium/France.
Fieke's family was, of course, lovely. Thank goodness they all spoke English! Fieke, her brother, and I all wandered around the little town. Didn't take long to do it all! We went and visited her sister and their horse, (I found out that my sisters name, Felicity, is a very common name for a horse in Holland). We stayed for dinner before hopping on a train back to Utrecht.
Today I went to The Hague, which is the Washington DC of Holland. The home of their government and Queen. I actually even got to see their Prime Minister as he left his offices and my gosh does he look like Harry Potter! No broomstick, but he's got the hairdo down!
It sounds like the Gala that I brought my kilt for is cancelled, so we're talking about doing a nice fancy dinner instead. We fly over to Glasgow this weekend in time for the Aberdeen University party in Glasgow, there's a ceildh (Scottish highland dancing) as well as VERY cheap beer and drinks, so it ought t be a night to remember (or forget with all that beer).
Posted by Admin at November 28, 2002 08:59 AM