early spring afternoon in the public gardens at Palace Noordeinde

…the public gardens of the royal palace, is where I find the happiest people in town today, sitting in a circle on the ground among their bikes playing guitars and singing about things I don’t understand – but the low point of the day was a visit to the nearby bustling soul-sucking supermarket of truly mega American proportions – where it seemed that all of the food shopping in town was happening – which I was directed to after finally inquiring about the location of any store or market to buy any sort of real food upon realizing that I had not even seen one all afternoon – just a steady stream of costly restaurants – after hours of leisurely walking around town.