Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I a au e haereere ana i ngā huarahi rākau, e haereere ana i ngā whare tipua o te whenua, i ngā kāpeti o ngā kāpeti, i te hunga eke paihikara e haereere ana, i te rā e rere ana i runga i te awa, he iti noa iho ngā wāhi ahuareka hei noho mo te mutunga wiki o te puna i te Hague. He rohe tino pai hoki tēnei mō te hunga aroha ki ngā whare toi pēnei i a au: i whakahoutia te Mauritshuis ātaahua, ātaahua, ehara hoki i te mea nui rawa i te tau kua hipa. Koinei hoki te kāinga o Girl With A Pearl Earring, the 'Dutch Mona Lisa'. Engari ehara i te mea ko Vermeer, ko Rembrandt, ko Hals anake taku i konei. He nui ake i te kainga: Ko te Whare Pāremata e tū whakapehapeha ana i Hague - he kohatu huna o te taone nui. Kei reira te whare whakaaturanga o Escher (e whakatapua ana ki taua tohunga whakahirahira), te toi o naianei Gemeentemuseum me te maha atu. I tēnei wā, kei te whakamiharo ahau ki tētahi ahuareka kāore i mōhiotia: tēnei taone o te wā o waenganui i te taha moana. Ko te taone nui? Koinei te kainga nui rawa o Ūropi,' e ai ki taku kaiārahi, ki a Remco Dörr. Kei te tika ia: Ko Hague, ahakoa ko ia te kaainga o te whanau kingi o Holland me te whare paremata ataahua, i whakahuatia hei kainga tae noa ki a Louis Bonaparte (te tuakana o Napoleon me te kingi o Holland) i whakaturia ki konei i te 1806. Kei a ia tetahi awaawa / awaawa ataahua, e karapoti ana i te pokapū hitori. Ka whiti atu mātou ki mua i tētahi waka e whakatata mai ana, ā, ka whakaiti i te tere. E kii ana a Remco ki ahau he maha nga rama tiriti kua tangohia mo nga take ataahua. 'I tēnei wā, he tino tupato nga waka,' e ai ki a ia. Ko Hague te kāinga o tētahi o ngā kohatu kokonga o te toi Pākehā - Ko te Girl With A Pearl Earring a Vermeer. Me aroha koe ki taua momo arorau o te reo o Aotearoa - ahakoa kāore i te āhua e pā ana ki ngā kaieke paihikara, e whakahaere ana i te wāhi. I te wā e whai ake nei, ka reti au i tētahi paihikara, ahakoa he māmā, he iti hoki ngā tereina me ngā pahi (ko te utu mō te rā katoa ko te €7.70/£5.60). I runga i te awa, kei te huarahi o Noordeinde mātou. Ka kawea au e Remco ki roto i tētahi whare i mua, ā, kei reira tonu ngā rama nui me ngā whakaata whakapaipai. Ko tenei waahanga o te taone e noho ana ki nga whare taonga motuhake me nga wharekai ngawari (i kai au i roto i te Juni Lekkernijen), me etahi atu o nga mea nui ake. Ko HanTing te...
Ko te taone iti rawa o nga taone nui o Netherlands, ko te Hague he kainga tae noa ki te 1806. E whakawhetai ana ki a Louis Bonaparte, te tuakana o Napoleon, nāna i whakahaere i konei. He nui te taonga toi o te taone, tae atu ki a Vermeer's 'Girl With A Pearl Earring'