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Day: April 30, 2023

Our Den Haag apartment

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Ella

Our ground floor, one bedroom apartment is at Papestraat 3 in Den Haag. It is full of natural light from tall windows fronting onto a small garden area. It is comfortable as in the bed is comfy for sleeping and the couches are comfy for sitting. The apartment is in a pedestrian only area and…

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There is a reason we don’t stay in Amsterdam

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Ella

Many tourists stay in Amsterdam and take day trips to Delft, Haarlem, Rotterdam, We much prefer to stay in Delft or Den Haag and make a day trip to Amsterdam. It’s not that far. From Den Haag central station, you can be in south Amsterdam in 40 minutes or so by train. Anyway… Today was the…

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All the Vermeer’s in…Amsterdam

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Grubb

That’s a lot of Vermeers making up the current exhibit at the Rijksmuseum—27, to be exact.  We were early for the appointed time printed on our tickets, but were allowed in.  We followed the blue line up the stairs to the darkened rooms where the paintings were positioned far apart on ink black walls under faint halos…

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