This is a large complex with an old convent and a lovely convent garden.
It's a big building that we might call a quadrangle, but it's bigger than that with a large middle courtyard. The Zeeuws Museum is located here also.
There are two or three sanctuaries in the Abbey,
and a very prominent tower, called Lange Jan. Lange Jan can be seen from all over the city.
Corwin goes to his office in the Roosevelt Study Center every day. He has a nice office there and many hospitable Dutch folks who provide answers to our constant questions about how things are done in Holland.
This little black door is the entrance to the Roosevelt Study Center.
This is the view from Corwin's office window,
the RSC entrance and reception area,
and the library along with one of the student interns who works at the Center.
We had the priviledge of sharing in the 25th anniversary celebration for the center. The Center is named for Teddy, Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt. One of the great-grandsons of FDR spoke at the 25th Anniversary celebration along with several Dutch and American dignataries.
There is also a Roosevelt Academy, opened in 2004, which is a college with 600 students. The majority of the students are Dutch, but about 200 come from other countries. Our apartment is close to the Academy and in the later night we hear mostly English spoken below our window by the many students who are coming or going from some late night events.
In addition, because of the Fulbright award, we were invited to the commemoration of 9/11 held in den Hague on Sunday, September 9th. Again, a lot of dignataries were there including the Dutch Prime Minister and the American Ambassador. This was by invitation and we had to have our ID's checked at the door. This is the church where it was held.
There was a choir and an American soloist.
This is the program cover....it was a very impressive ceremony.
On our way to the ceremony we passed the Royal Palace of Queen Beatrix.
Across the street was a large statue of William of Orange and ....
a monument to Queen Wilhelmina.
After the ceremony on our walk to the train station, we noticed the Escher Museum. Apparently Escher was from den Hague.
