For the last 12 days of the holiday we decided to base ourselves at Scheveningen in a cute AirBnB in the Jagersmast. Fantastic situation right next to the beach. Two bedrooms, light and airy – just perfect spot to base ourselves. Jo’s mum is 30 minutes walk or 10 minutes by bike (we hired bikes after 3 days).

I juts love Scheveningen. At first glance it is everything that used to make me cringe about European beaches when I was growing up – basically built up and busy. But you have to tink differently and accept/embrace differences from what we are used to in NZ. Its just a whole lot of fun here. Beach tents stretch for as far as the eye can see (well almost). They are an amazing phenomenon – whole cafes get erected on the beach at the beginning of summer, and broken down and taken away at the start of winter.

On Sunday the girls took off for a festival in Amsterdam. Techno shit. Don’t be home too late we said. OK we said. 7am they come tripping in . . . Dani lost her phone and wallet. Bugger

Sunday Jo and I took a real nice walk down the beach. Went to the very last strand tent which was absolutely beautiful inside. The day was hot and sunny.