The Hague

The main reason that we went to The Hague was to meet John's second cousin once removed and his family. We made our way out to their house and spent the late afternoon and early evening with them. Dad, Matt, is Australian and Freddie is Dutch. Vos is with Dad and the two boys are Flint ans Charlie Fenn.







It is more that 45 years since we were last in The Hague and so an update on any photos that we might have taken at the time, was long overdue. We stayed in the centre of the city so that we had easy access to many of the sights.

We had a few places that we wanted to visit, but most, we were just wandering around wit the cameras.

We started close to the hotel and worked our way towards the sea.



















Then we moved to the Binnerhof area













Some house carvings and decorations on our way.






Our next stop was the Peace Palace. There is no tourist access to the Palace or gardens, but there is a tourist centre with displays and a commentary.







These items are from the first peace conference in 190? The Peace Palace was funded by Andrew Carnegie.

We continued our walk through woods until we reached Madurodam, a minature Holland Park where we ate lunch.

A model of the Peace Palace with its gardens







Models of Kinderdike and Schipol airport






Then is was time for a rest and so we took a tram back to the hotel.

After a short rest, we set off again for the Binnerhof area.















After that, we looked for somewhere to ear and then made our way back to the hotel.

- Pat and John on tour