EVERYTHING I LIKE ABOUT AN ESCAPADE
It goes without saying that I was looking forward to our little escapade with Laurent and Jerome. We were off to the Hague for 48 hours. The trip had been booked months ago. I have to admit that I put the pressure on about taking a return train mid afternoon on the Sunday. Four years ago when Marielle and I returned from Rotterdam, a late afternoon in November, we were blocked by snow. The wait at the station was horrific and even more so as no one seemed to know what was happening. This time we arrived in blazing sunlight and 16c. Climate change? The first glimpses of the Hague were fascinating. An old city capped by a little Shanghai! There seems to be no relation between the buildings. Some very modern and others not so, yet the relationship between them was harmonious. I couldn't help thinking as we wandered down through the centre of the city to our hotel, that this is a rich environment. Sophisticated shops, the restaurants were chock a block and no one begging in the s