Sunday, April 27, 2008

Kurhaus
The Kurhaus is a beauty of a building. If I'm not mistaken it's more than a century old. Nowadays it's a luxury hotel and you can probably imagine why. The quote "A room with a view" is very appropriate in this case. The picture you see here has the appearance of an old postcard - it's the photoframe that does it. Enjoy.

Saturday, April 26, 2008

The Hague
I’ve just been to the Hague for a couple of days. My brother and sister-in-law from Canada were visiting, so it seemed like a good idea to do something silly, something out of the ordinary. Like visiting The Hague and Scheveningen. Scheveningen, which is part of the Hague is situated on the coast. So it has lots of beaches and a pier. Very nice. We did all the stuff tourists do when they have nothing else to do and are in the Hague: did the town , went for walks, visited museums and so on. The weather was beautiful, though still a little cool. But hey we didn’t complain. Spring was definitely in the air. A visit to this town is highly recommended with its art, beautiful architecture, government buildings and beaches. In this picture you're seeing the Mauritshuis and part of the skyline of the Hague.

Thursday, April 03, 2008

Limburg revisited
Another snowy image. I tried to photograph as many trees as possible, it made for a nice composition I think.
Limburg
Two weeks ago, Easterweekend, I visited Limburg, the southernmost province of Holland. Very close to the Belgian border. It's beautiful, rolling country. It's the most hilly part of Holland, the rest of our country is basically flat, flat and flat. Most unusual for the time of the year we had snow, which totally changed the atmosphere of the land. It looked like we were in a foreign country, very strange. We made a couple of long walks and I took a lot of pictures. A few of which turned out OK. The river in the picture is the river Gulp. It bordered our back garden.