Took the train to The Hague today. Worked on the Hoover blanket on the way there and back. As Eve mentioned in her comments, it's slow going. You get into a rhythm, but it's still a lot of knitting.When we got to The Hague, we went to the Panorama Mesdag museum on the recommendation of a Dutch friend of mine. It's basically a huge cylindrical painting (14 meters high by 120 meters around) from 1881. They've restored it and there's a narrative in Dutch and English that walks you through the history of the painting as well as the story in the painting. It's pretty cool, mostly because it's so different from other things I've seen.
We then walked over to visit the site my eldest daughter has been waiting for, the M.C. Escher museum: Escher in the Palace. Loved it. The top floor has some hands-on activities for grown-ups and kids alike. Super cool. The palace is a beautiful building to house this collection, but you have to check out the chandeliers in the place. Designed by Dutch sculptor Hans van Benthem, these strange chandeliers fit with Escher's art despite their unconventional shapes (a spider, an umbrella, a skull and crossbones, a bomb...). Interesting note about these pieces: they were made in the Czech Republic!
Did not make it to the yarn store as we were meeting our friend Lynn again. But it seems there is one there: Woool, Westeinde 61, Den Haag.
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