One of the last train rides here in Holland during my five weeks here, was to Den Haag (again). At the Central Station - like in most of the larger cities - you can rent "OV fietsen" (public transport bicycles) to facilitate the use of clean transport. A fantastic cash-less system. My former study friend and house mate Cathrien had an OV fiets arranged for me and off we went through the city....
Cathrien and her husband Auke treated me on a nice lunch in the forest area near their home and from there we cycled to a museum in a beautiful setting with interesting art...
One of the (according to Cathrien famous) artists had an exposition of his masterpieces all based on his observations in nature. Can you see Auke at the end of these tree trunks?
Auke showed his cooking talents that evening making very special pancakes. Common friends Coen and Anne Marie (see also earlier posts from this trip) joined us to test out his recipes.
The next morning, I joined Coen to see one of his sons (Paul, 30) play soccer. He plays in a competitive league together with a son of Joost and Lies who were also house mates in Delft and who I had already visited a few weeks ago (see earlier post). Back in the train to Soest to pick up my sister Han to go to Utrecht to enjoy the Tina Turner Musical.
We were early in the theater where we had a good view of the stage. It was not allowed to take photos during the show, but it was a spectacular performance with an ending whereby all the audience got on their feet. An evening well spent. On the way back we had an hour delay with the train, but we had some additional entertainment with a soccer fan (of one of the clubs in Rotterdam, Feyenoord).
And today Han (76) - and her dog "wifi" - accompanied me for another visit to our sister Ger (78) and her husband Bert (80). We started these five weeks with such a visit when Ger had her birthday on October 15, and we ended my memory lane tour today with it. Bye, bye Holland, it was great!
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