Back to the Hague

Strolling along the canals and trying to find Delft ware that we liked in all the shops, either too expensive because it was phenomenal or we didn’t like it.  So, we came away empty handed from Delft.  Stopped for lunch at a local hangout that was totally full and we waited 

forever to get service, food, and the last part of the meal to the point that even in my European whenever or whatever mindset, I was ready to leave the place without the last part of our order.  No place should take 2 plus hours to give you soup, sandwich and a waffle for 

 dessert.  So, we headed out of Delft, because I was done with it and went back to the Hague to use the transport to see places not in the city center that we had read about in the guidebook.  We have a DK Netherlands book and I have to say that this is the worse travel book we have ever had.  It doesn’t give any 

 information about what you are looking at, no information about how to get places that they mention, AWFUL!!!!  Never having one of these again.  Tram 1 should have taken us from Delft to the Peace Palace in the Hague, but there was an announcement in Dutch that we 

couldn’t understand and it started to deviate from its path, so we got off and found out that the center of town was being closed off for a parade of historic trams.  Interesting, so we thought that we would watch as we walked along the parade route to check out the 

panorama.  The panorama cost 12 euros, again, too expensive and

 we decided we didn’t need to see it.  Saw the trams go past and this was interesting, but not worth having to walk through the part that we were going to ride through.  Finally got to the Peace Palace, which you can’t go into, but they have an audio

 tour in their gift shop that gives you a good history of the first peace summits, Carnegie giving money to build the current Peace Palace and the role of the court of arbitration and the international criminal court.  This turned out to be a highlight of the trip, because this is what I think of when I hear “The Hague”.  It’s a place where international justice is done and people are held accountable to the whole world.