Even Tessa... a born and bread girl from Holland (I mean The Netherlands)...  says The Hague...  either way I AM HERE...

Yippeee... and so begins... the new adventure of my trip to places I've never been.  I've been to Europe several times but never north of Paris... all I have to say is Den Haag is COOL...  much more than I ever expected. 

Tessa was slightly embarrassed that my first view of Holland was going to be the oil refineries...  she kept saying I promise its prettier... no need to fret my dear I have no doubt that the country that produced you HAS to be beautiful... but the smoke towers were definitely a bit industrial..  but kind of cool for a backdrop to the 100's of Kite Surfing lessons on the North Sea (hard to believe that less than 48 hours ago I was on the Mediterranean in the southern Italy)...  variety is the spice of life!

After the afternoon of watching Kite surfers we (Kevin, Tessa, little Jan, and myself).. met up with Emily & Gerry (with whom I'll be couch crashing in Luxembourg in a week or so).  So the 5 of us hopped on our bikes (main form of transportation.. again sooo cool) and toured around the city... got some ice cream then booked it as fast as we could to the coast in order to catch a beautiful sunrise... I LOVE biking with friends down the street (whether its in SB, Mackinac, or HOlland)... it always makes me feel like a grown up kid!!

What an amazing day  (BTW.. .I would have a ton more pics.. like of the amazing sunset but darn it all my battery died and I am STILL looking for another adapter)