Just like vacation... briefly...

As the plane from Amsterdam was scheduled at 5:30PM, and we had equipments for filming, we decided to enjoy our stay in The Hague. I really didn't care about the museums that the city fostered, and I went out one of the other "must see" spots!

The beach!

cold... but nice...

This part of the city has a name that any Japanese would think it's a joke... I know you don't pronounce it like... "Su-keh-beh-nin-gen" (I think it's actually "shu-feh-nin-gen"), but if you do, it would make any Japanese laugh!

the name is... Scheveningen!

signs saying Sheveningen everywhere!

on the small port...

hotel near the beach...
they say it's very expensive here!
of course, this is not where we stayed!

and the Heineken emblem everywhere!

Returning to the central part of the city... we took a stroll around to find a nice cafe to have lunch... Everything in the city looked "historical" and "European"...

nice tower...

trams running around the city...

even the pigeons look "European"!

Lunchtime!

found a nice cafe!

can't read the menu...

but got a nice sandwich!

After having lunch, we took the taxi together to Schipol and said good-bye to one of our elder correspondents and spent several hours at the airport. The Amsterdam Schipol Airport's terminal had many stores, and there were lots of stores to look around.

heading to Amsterdam!

found the "Miffy" corner... my wife's favorite!
I didn't know she's called "Nijntje" here!


and my favorite!

sushi, sushi, sushi! with can of Asahi Super Dry!

Leaving The Netherlands, we landed on Istanbul again and right before midnight, we went into the plane to say goodbye to Europe (if you'd say this is Europe... well, the Turkish football team is competing with the Europeans to qualify for the World Cup!)

people were gathering in front of the TV showing a match between Turkey and Spain!


need to fill up with coffee!


my favorite Caramel Macchiato!