We woke up early afternoon, finding it was raining outside. We guessed correctly the rain would ruin our plans to visit Den Haag. Instead, we took the day slow and locally. G took me around the corner to a local bookstore, which had tons of local Dutch books. Once my…
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Windy Night
The weather continued to be rather grey today, so we stayed inside. In the late evening, we visited V for a few hours. It was worth braving the rain for a visit. We stayed wide awake afterward, feeling restless after being inside all the time. A brief lull in the…
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Schiphol Visit
The weather held up through today. We stopped by McDonald’s for breakfast/lunch. We tried the American Classic 1955 burger from the campaign they’re running in the Netherlands. Early afternoon we spent two hours at the Schiphol Observation deck. There is an awesome view of the gates and airplanes from there.…
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Groene Hart
Today we took the car out for a random drive, one of the best kinds. We ended up driving into the Groene Hart (Green Heart in English), an extensive agricultural area. It runs inside the Randstad (City Ring). This turned into one of the most beautiful drives so far. We…
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Another Trip
My favorite time of the year has arrived: when I visit G. I made the effort to make this trip for his birthday. It will be the first time I am there to celebrate with him. I only have enough leave for nine days off. which is fairly short. Time…
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Home again
It was hard getting out of bed this morning. G and I didn’t spend a huge amount of time saying goodbye in the house, it would’ve made it harder. I was packed fairly quickly, and G’s dad was nice enough to pick up breakfast interim. The ride to the airport…
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G and I took our time this morning getting out of the house, despite the fact we wanted to take a small trip. We left around three and walked to Noordwijk’s shoreline. We spotted a cheesy tourist market nearby the hotels, with lots of expensive items. Nothing there was noteworthy…
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Drielandenpunt
After a short night’s sleep, G and I emptied the cottage and left Center Parcs by 10 am. We stayed there for a week in total. Instead of heading directly home, we needed to stop in Zeeland to pick up G’s youngest sister. We took a detour on the way,…
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