Den Haag various views...

my desk at home.... where i publish my weblogs, including this one - Enjoy!


my desk at work... where you can see that i'm working hard




this is where i work ~ the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (or ICTY, for short). it's an interesting building. new people usually get lost in it for about a week or two... its a maze of varying modular configuration, especially the fourth and fifth floors. i work on the fourth and have a nice view to the North Sea. Ah... very nice.


a view that i love to enjoy... when the weather is nice, it is amazing! i can see the ocean spread along the horizon!

today the weather was changing... first sunny in the morning, then cloudy and rainy, then cleared for a bit before the clouds closed back in at sunset... (my desk is one floor below, looking out the same direction)


the beach at sunset... some beauty for the soul. in september, i could leave work and watch the sun plunge into the sea... very peaceful. now, because of "daylight savings time", it's dark when i leave work. i get to watch the light fade to black from my desk now instead (it makes you wish for Spring to return in a hurry!).


the Peace Palace at night. this is where the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is located. it was built with funds donated by andrew carnegie just before WWI started. it's very beautiful from the outside... i hope to tour it before i leave. it's supposed to have an amazing legal library!!!


the Dutch Parliment Building - it's beautiful to see at night.

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Den Haag is a very beautiful city with some interesting sculpture and building designs.

a 3D view of Rembrant's "Night Watch" - this sculpture is a duplicate in three dimentions of the original painting which is hanging in the Reichsmueseam in Amsterdam.


a view of the inner castle on the grounds of the Dutch Parliment complex. sure the photo is a bit crooked, but why not see life from a slightly different angle.


now we have come full circle... we are looking at the place where we began. this is the corner on which my flat is located. our flat is on the ground floor, it includes that corner green door and then down to the left for a bit. believe it or not, our flat once was a butcher's shop.