My stay at this hotel is very difficult to explain. We were staying at Twee Hondjes in the same village and its a long story but for one of the three nights of our visit to Hindeloopen I ended up staying in this establishment(nothing wrong with Twee Hondjes--in fact my partner remained there for this one night). July of 12. ||Anyway, I showed up late at night, asking for the cheapest room-- and I got it. A clean, basic room with 2 twin beds and bath. ||What I enjoyed most was the bar downstairs. Very very friendly bartender and patrons, decorated in a homey nautical theme. ||Breakfast was buffet style, and I was the only patron in that giant room. Not the cleanest of rooms, but certainly not bad. I felt a little guilty that there was this huge spread when it appeared that I was the only guest. Maybe others had left before I arrived.||This place was VERY Inexpensive. ||I would gladly stay there again the next time I visit the enchanting, adorable, atmospheric town if...
Read moreMy stay at this hotel is very difficult to explain. We were staying at Twee Hondjes in the same village and its a long story but for one of the three nights of our visit to Hindeloopen I ended up staying in this establishment(nothing wrong with Twee Hondjes--in fact my partner remained there for this one night). July of 12. ||Anyway, I showed up late at night, asking for the cheapest room-- and I got it. A clean, basic room with 2 twin beds and bath. ||What I enjoyed most was the bar downstairs. Very very friendly bartender and patrons, decorated in a homey nautical theme. ||Breakfast was buffet style, and I was the only patron in that giant room. Not the cleanest of rooms, but certainly not bad. I felt a little guilty that there was this huge spread when it appeared that I was the only guest. Maybe others had left before I arrived.||This place was VERY Inexpensive. ||I would gladly stay there again the next time I visit the enchanting, adorable, atmospheric town if...
Read moreI went to Cafe de Brabander to eat with my family. I asked the waitress about a dish on the menu, she didn't know the awnser. She was nice and asked the cook for the awnser. She still didn't really know what it was so since it was an open kitchen I decided to ask the cook directly, and save her the hassle.
I asked to cook of there was something he reconmended and he looked at me strangelly and said he never reconmends anything. Then he said if he had to awnser these questions from every customer he would be very busy and looked very irritated. I apoligized for my interest in his food. He said I should just pick something, eat it and not make a fuss.
I said back down at my table for a minute and decided to not eat there.
Very strange encounter, with a...
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