Van Gogh lived and painted throughout Den Haag for a large section of his adult life. No actual specific sites are mentions but the influence is definitely noticeable as well as the influence the culture had on his life. We find the culture to be a lot like Amsterdam, but less touristy and fewer english speakers(well good english speakers)
Today, we had a few surprises in store for us. After checking into our hotel, we asked where a coffeeshop is located thinking that a cup might help warm our freezing bodies from the cold sea breeze. The quickly directed us down the street and decided to mention on the way out that smoking was not allowed in the room. We immediately responded that we didn't smoke. The confusion on their faces made us remember back to Amsterdam that a coffeeshop is not a cafe but a smoking establishment for which is not legal in the US. We decided to go to McDonald's for coffee instead. Our second encounter was dinner. No english menus were available and our waiter knew very little to have an English accent. When we ask for him to translate a dish for us, it went something as follows: it's uhhh... the vegetable that ummm... Underground... Like a carrot... But not a carrot... Uhhhh... And fish... I think uhh.. How do you say... Red bone... After eating the dinner, we think we had catfish with beets. It was the best dish we have had so far, despite the fact that we don't really know what we were eating. Windmills are tomorrow and neither of us can wait!! Stay tuned for some lovely pictures.
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