Monday
Monday morning we went to the Town Centre on a soap hunt. Alas no special lavender soup could be found. We visited the Queens working palace and saw a statue of one of the Willems on a battling war horse with flared nostrils.
We also saw a statue and memorial to Queen Willemina. I took a picture of “The Nightwatch” ---they were done in bronze ----men who were dressed to fight. Rebecca said this was from a famous painting by Rembrandt, who she was determined would fall in love with her!
After some tea we went to the parliament. This was built in a square with buildings all around. A couple of weeks ago there had been an attempt at a terrorist attack on parliament so there was much security here.
While we were there news men and women were running across the square to interview someone in one corner. Of course Rebecca followed suit and wormed her way in to watch the fun.
A new political party was being launched with a dramatic flare. They had a list of Proclamations of things they would do for the country. In the manner of Martin Luther they rolled out this list . Apparently they were actually imitating Luther but a young man in the square said that most of the people who would vote for him would have no idea who Luther was. There were 29 parties running here before so I guess this would make 30. Talk about a MINORITY government!!!
And this cup of hot tea and a nice cold glass of ice tea cost us $17 Canadian..... What is that for nonsense, as they say here!!
We also saw a statue and memorial to Queen Willemina. I took a picture of “The Nightwatch” ---they were done in bronze ----men who were dressed to fight. Rebecca said this was from a famous painting by Rembrandt, who she was determined would fall in love with her!
After some tea we went to the parliament. This was built in a square with buildings all around. A couple of weeks ago there had been an attempt at a terrorist attack on parliament so there was much security here.
While we were there news men and women were running across the square to interview someone in one corner. Of course Rebecca followed suit and wormed her way in to watch the fun.
A new political party was being launched with a dramatic flare. They had a list of Proclamations of things they would do for the country. In the manner of Martin Luther they rolled out this list . Apparently they were actually imitating Luther but a young man in the square said that most of the people who would vote for him would have no idea who Luther was. There were 29 parties running here before so I guess this would make 30. Talk about a MINORITY government!!!
And this cup of hot tea and a nice cold glass of ice tea cost us $17 Canadian..... What is that for nonsense, as they say here!!
posted by Bev at 9:30 AM
