A Kaleidoscope: A Home and the Queen

House hunting mission complete! We have found the place that will be our home during our time here, at least a large part of it. We found a 2 bedroom apartment in Scheveningen on the coast (it is still a part of Den Haag). We will be right near Oude Scheveningen which has tons of cute cafes, pubs, stores etc within walking or biking distance! We are also walking distance from the beach (5 min away), and even though it will be winter it will still be really nice. The place also has a great patio out the back which is wonderful! We move in Oct 16 and have the place until around mid/end March depending on what we decide. So if your thinking of coming to visit, let us know because we have a spare bedroom:) We will post some pictures of our new home once we move in!

In the meantime we are still at my cousins for the rest of this week, but will heading to South Holland for a family BBQ at my cousins cabin and then will be staying there for awhile after the weekend and so we are hoping to explore that area a bit more and maybe head into Belgium as well.

On another note, we got to see the Dutch Queen today! It was State of the Union day today in Den Haag and the Queen and her children travelled by golden carriage from her working Palace to the Parliament buildings. It was hard to see, as we showed up a bit late and so we have quite a few people in front of us..but we still saw her.

Here are some pictures of our encounter with the Queen and the centre of Den Haag