…make lemonade. And that’s what we did, metaphorically speaking.
Today, our plan was to travel to Dordrecht via the Glider Collection at Wolfheze but it has changed its opening hours and we faced the challenge of what to do.
With a bit of research, we agreed a day of culture in Den Haag as a suitable replacement and, if lucky, we might get to the seaside.
Google, bless it, identified suitable parking a couple of miles outside the city. Underground parking, with bikes on the car, is not to be attempted under any circumstances. It’s a horror of tight turns and narrow spaces and only above ground parking will do.
Vicky Parking at Madurodam welcomed us, not the leafy forest car park Kim was expecting but visitor parking for a miniature world theme park. Further consultation with Google, told us the beach at Scheveningen was only a couple of miles away and the sun was out so that’s where we cycled to.
It was cold and coffee in a sheltered beach side restaurant was a joy, we basked in the protective warmth and enjoyed our surroundings
Next stop, the museum district in Den Haag and ‘Escher in het paleis’. The former royal palace of the Queen Mother has housed the M C Escher exhibition since 2010 and what an amazing exhibition it was. The history of Escher and his fascination with tessellation and perspective, translated onto woodcuts and linocuts was astonishing. The Queen Mother’s home together with its chandeliers was fairly spectacular too.
Finally, it was time to hit the road for our next hotel on the outskirts of Dordrecht. We hoped to be ahead of the traffic but it was awful, almost like being at home. Such a contrast to how easy our cycling had been.
Our next four nights are in a converted water tower on the outskirts of Dordrecht. Luckily it has a lift, there was panic at the thought of carrying cases up seven flights of stairs.. Since we’ve been away, there has been a lot of talk about the best way to pose for photos and John has put all this new knowledge to good use……
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