Monday, November 28, 2005
Trains, Architecture, and Markt
The birthday party on Friday was fun in Scheveningen. We went to a place called Topkati. It snowed in parts of the Netherlands and there was an accident or two on the train tracks so there were delays. Luckily, my train to Den Haag wasn’t that delayed and all I had to do was stop in Delft and catch another train after waiting for five or ten minutes. I know it could have been a lot worse judging from my previous experiences with train delays.
Saturday evening, I attended a show at Rotown. The opening band was from the Netherlands; Anderson was their name. It was a duo and a quite entertaining duo. One guy was adorned in a red shirt and a black baseball cap. The other guy had the hipster combination down to a tee adorning a scarf that captivated the essence of his hipster dress. Red t-shirt guy enthusiastically bobbed his head the entire time while performing and hipster essence guy flailed his arm in the air from time to time. To complete the evening, Anderson shared the stage with John Vanderslice for his last song gracing the audience with and intense bout of hand clapping. It was quite enjoyable.
Sunday, I went to the Netherlands Architecture Institute, NAI. It was interesting; I enjoyed the room decors set out on the third floor. I took a couple of pictures that I will upload during the next coming days. After visiting the NAI, I went for a walk around the Centrum and Blaak area where a markt was set-up. It wasn’t the Saturday markt, but still enjoyable to walk through.
Saturday evening, I attended a show at Rotown. The opening band was from the Netherlands; Anderson was their name. It was a duo and a quite entertaining duo. One guy was adorned in a red shirt and a black baseball cap. The other guy had the hipster combination down to a tee adorning a scarf that captivated the essence of his hipster dress. Red t-shirt guy enthusiastically bobbed his head the entire time while performing and hipster essence guy flailed his arm in the air from time to time. To complete the evening, Anderson shared the stage with John Vanderslice for his last song gracing the audience with and intense bout of hand clapping. It was quite enjoyable.
Sunday, I went to the Netherlands Architecture Institute, NAI. It was interesting; I enjoyed the room decors set out on the third floor. I took a couple of pictures that I will upload during the next coming days. After visiting the NAI, I went for a walk around the Centrum and Blaak area where a markt was set-up. It wasn’t the Saturday markt, but still enjoyable to walk through.
