Big city, little city

Andi had some cheap passes that allow you to take the train an unlimited amount of times anywhere around the Netherlands for a day, and that is just what we did.

We decided that Den Haag would be a nice place to go. I don't actually know too much about the city but it was a really nice place to walk around in. There were cool buildings and architecture and nice cafes. We also passed a funny mushroom man that just could escape our cameras, as you can see! Around the city was also random sculptures, sorts of modern art, that really added to the ambiance of the place. Den Haag is actually known for their beachfront, but we didn't go there that day because it was cold and rainy and the beach is not much fun in that kind of weather.

So, instead of the beach, we went to see Madurodam. This place is kind of freaky. It's a miniature version of the entire Netherlands and all of its famous landmarks, like churches, museums, bridges, boats, zoos, city centres, the cheese market, and even a whole mini version of the Schipol airport with working planes and trains and cars and all! It's like traveling the entire Netherlands in a few hours. We felt a little bit like godzillas marching through the place. The seagulls definitely looked like monsters when they landed on the buildings, but we didn't manage to get a picture of that. The small park was full of tourists from around the world. They even have guidebooks in every language to accomodate all of the international visitors (I got one in English and Andi got one in German)! They also push really hard to sell stupid souvenirs. We did, however, end up getting pressed pennies.