The Hague

We are in the Hague right now. It's 12:45 here and I have to be up at 6:30 tomorrow, so I will try to keep it short. Here are some recent places we have been/sites we have seen while in the Netherlands (aka Holland):

Amsterdam
- The Rijks Museum (home to Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch')
- A canal cruise through Amsterdam
- Gassan Diamond factory

The Hague
- The International Court of Justice
- The Eternal Flame of Peace
- The Queen's Palace
- The 'White House' of the Prime Minister
- Delft Pottery Factory (world famous blue China)
- Rotterdam port (2nd largest port in the world)

We also had a corporate visit to Shell Oil today. I really enjoyed the visit because we met with a strategic planner devises contingency scenarios for the company. The scope of planning is amazing because Shell is creating possible scenarios that go all the way to 2100 A.D. While the modern workplace has changed long-range planning to a period of 2-5 years from the present, Shell is thinking 90+ years in advance. If you can't tell already, I am really interested in pursuing scenario analysis because I think it would be extremely challenging an unpredictable (literally). It is a highly technical field that involves statistic analysis, projections, economics, political science, societal change, and the studying new ways to develop energy. More so than anything I have come across this far, I can see myself working in this field. I can't tell you how awesome it was to experience that feeling today. I've included some pictures of Schevenigen (a beach in the Hague). It is absolutely amazing, but I got to go to sleep.