Christmas Lights in The Hague...

The next day we headed into The Hague for the long-overdue celebration of our 13th anniversary of living in the Netherlands. We had missed the Christmas market, but still found plenty of festive lights in town including in front of the Mauritshuis.

Loved the reflections in the ornaments of the museum and the Prime Minister’s office.

Also loved this stork I spotted above a door of a random building.

The girls were thrilled to have a chance to get oliebollen, traditional deep-fried dough dipped in powdered sugar.

The Grote Markt was also very festive with a large tree and lots of lights. In the foreground you might spot a statue of a fat man. This is Haagse Harry, a character from a local comic strip. Apparently Harry is unemployed, smokes pot all the time and is rude but has a heart of gold. Harry’s creator died before the statue was made and supposedly his ashes were incorporated into the clay.

We enjoyed the view from the rooftop terrace at Bleyenberg, but it was too cold to actually sit outside so we had our cocktails inside instead.