I thought this trip was all about sightseeing. The usual attractions that you will get in any other city... cathedrals, museums, observatory points. But instead... we went to the beach!!
The weather today was amazing!! Around 28 degrees or so. Everyone in town was excited cuz they get to go to the beach... suntan, relax and enjoy the views & company!! That was pretty much the talk of the town... "are you going to the beach tomorrow?"
I originally was looking forward to sneaking away and take a train to Amsterdam to check the city instead. But I felt bad for leaving them when the whole point of this trip was to visit little Alex!! M did tell me that i would be wasting my time travelling back and forth. And I would only be able to spend 2-3 hours exploring and then having to rush back for dinner at night. So i decided to stay and just enjoyed what the beach had to offer.
M kept on raving about the beach... it is so amazing... different from a lot of beaches and he went on and on about it yesterday. So finally we got ready and headed for the beach. We could see a lot of people heading out too... the excitement was building up!!
When we arrived, I was so surprised at how long the beach is. It's located in Scheveingen. It had a massive pier, similar to the one in Brighton. The younger crowd hangs out on the right side of the pier. The left of the pier is more quiet, relaxed and catered for families. When the summer season starts, they would build restaurants along the beach with comfortable lounges. Everyone can go into any of these restaurants, order a drink and sit out in the sun or with shelter to enjoy the beautiful sunny day.
We went to the quiet side and sat in the shade for a few drinks. I also walked around the promendade to check out the annual sand sculptures... pretty cool designs!!
The weather was quite hot today... it made us all really tired and maybe also because we had a late night too ^^... I was dying to go back to the hotel for a quick nap... but it took us a while to have lunch and more drinks so by the time we went back to the hotel, I only had time to take a quick shower!!! crap!
Even though we didn't really do much on the beach but we all really enjoyed the day... something totally unexpected for all of us. The concept of building these restaurants for the summer break was really cool!! And the beach!! It was so long!!
After the beach session, we got ready and headed for dinner at Harbour Club. The seafood was really fresh but gosh, dinner was expensive. One of M's friend joined us for dinner and also brought a long 5 friends that we all didn't know. They sat on the other side of the table and we didn't talk to them at all. They ended up paying for their meal and just left... but by the time, we started to calculate how much we owed... the numbers just didn't seem right. Bread... water... service charge... and some had wine too!! We were totally disappointed. We originally wanted a small gathering so we could all mingle but... oh well, we paid the difference but was not happy at all!!
After dinner, we headed back out to the city center for some more drinks. I had a great time hanging out with the guys!! Everyone is in the Hague was so chilled... the atmosphere was good and it wasn't packed too!! Just perfect to end our last night in the Hague!
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