Icebergs and sand castles in The Hague, Holland
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Little did I know when I wrote a post entitled Iceberg Spotting for the Wandalust blog last week that I would be doing some iceberg spotting myself in Holland the following week.
Floating in front to the Dutch Parliamnent in The Hague is a iceberg sculpture by Matthijis Bosman. The piece called “A good story is like an iceberg” is part of the Freedom exhibition running over the Summer
Just across the road, in Buitenhof Square, there was construction of several sand sculptures. Within a few metres you can step from an Artic environment to memories of building sandcastles on a sunny beach (or maybe a windy, cool, wet beach if you’re Scottish like me).
The installation is due to be completed on 27 June and will be on display until the 31 August. The theme is the skyline of The Hague.
A big thank you to the Happy Hotelier, fellow blogger and friend, for showing me around his beautiful home town of The Hague. If you’re in Amsterdam for a few days I recommend that you visit The Hague. It has a completely different atmosphere to Amsterdam and it’s not so touristy. Or why not consider staying in The Hague instead of Amsterdam?
June 27th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Wow! I really liked your blog, there are some great pictures and it was a great read. Have you ever walked in Hungary? THis is one of my favourite places to walk. If you go to http://www.walkinhungary.com you can see where I go walking (BUkk National Park).
June 27th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
That is an impressive sandcastle. I was wanted to be good at building one of those….
June 27th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Yes Matt I wish I could built sandcastles like that too.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Tracey, great to hear that you like reading the blog. Unfortunately I’ve never been to Hungary.
June 29th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Karen
it was a pleasure having you here.
BTW I have uploaded my CitizenM photos to my Flickr Account Including one of the two greyest travel bloggers:-)
June 29th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Happy Hotlier, I really enjoyed your company and visiting the Hague. I must have a look at your photos.. Nor sure that I want to be know as a “grey travel blogger”?
June 29th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Here is the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/happyhotelier/2617982375/
but I like this one better of you: http://www.flickr.com/photos/happyhotelier/2617981459/
June 29th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I think I prefer the one of us together , Happy Hotelier.
September 1st, 2008 at 2:20 am
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