Day 36 - Den Haag

We went to the Hague today. Interesting... :)

Medieval part of town.

Series of "Wonders of Europe" pictures. Very lovely :)

First museum we went to was the Bredius Museum. It was a nice one.

I wrote on this work for my freewrite after Martha's lecture.

After we finished our freewrites, Elisabeth, Tabitha, and I went and ate lunch. We sat on benches that were next to the Wonders of Europe pictures.

Then off to the next museum, which was the Mauritshuis.

This museum did not allow pictures, unfortunately. We saw many Rembrandts and Vermeers, including the Girl with a Pearl Earring. It is really exquisite. The tonal modeling of her face is really beautiful. It was great.

After the museum, Elisabeth, Claire, Tabitha, and I headed to the forest. We wandered through it for a while, trying to find the palace of the queen, but we never saw it. But it was quite a pleasant walk.

It started to rain while we were in the woods, so we ran back to the train station to get back to Schipol. We had to get dinner so we went to an inexpensive cafe there. I had some really delicious tomato soup. After we got our receipt, we paid then left, without taking the slip of paper. The waiter, who had been making eyes at our table all the while we were there, stopped us and told us that we forgot our receipt. We said that we were fine, that we didn't need it. But then he awkwardly told us that he wrote on it, then he handed it to us.

Boys are so silly. Gotta love 'em. After that, we caught the bus back to the hotel and watched Confessions of a Shopaholic on the film channel. Another successful day :)