Harmelen/NL: February 2002 Archives
Normally when we visit Holland, time seems to fly. That is why we decided to go on Thursday evening. The other reason was the wedding of Ton & Mirjam on Friday.
Due to a little delay we arrived in Harmelen at 1:00 at night. Of course we had to spend some time chatting with my parents, so we went to bed quite late.
I planned to arrange some things and go shopping on Friday morning, but as usual it was impossible to get out of bed early enough. Somehow every visit to Holland feels like a holiday, and the first days of holidays I usually spent resting (=sleeping). Anyway, by the time we got up, we had to run through the shower, quickly grab a sandwich and hop into the car to arrive on time in the townhall. The ceremony was funny and entertaining and I know it�s a clich� but the bride looked pretty.
In the afternoon we had some minutes left for shopping (dropjes, tijgernootjes, ...). The rest of the time we spent reading on the sofa. First of all because the weather wasn�t so good, but also because at home we haven't got a sofa.
The party at night was also really 'gezellig'. I had a chance to have a chat with a lot of people, and was able to hear the latest gossip. I was so occpied with talking to all those people that sometimes I forgot that MJ doesn't understand any of it. (Sorry for that, next time I will take care of you a little bit more...).
On the same evening, Pere had arrived home, so Saturday we showed him Amsterdam and Utrecht. We found out that a Dutch guide is of no use at all in Amsterdam, because on the streets you'll find more Spanish tourists that citizens of Amsterdam and the people in the souvenir shops speak better Spanish that I do. We also found out why groups of Brittish boys only visit the red light district when they are completely drunk: the girls look like truck drivers.
In the evening we went to Stairway to heaven to drink some beers.
On Sunday, we went back home again. Even though we had one day more, time seemed to fly. Next time, with easter, we'll try to stay even longer!
Oops, already a week without any notice! Yes, it's abot time that I write something new on my site. So I diceded to write about the princess. Not the one of this weekend, but the one which I really missed last weekend.
As you might remember I made a small trip to Holland last weekend (exactly 24 hours and 10 minutes). O Saturday evening we went to the reception of the prince, organised by CV de Kwakbollen. And the most important question on that evening is not who will be the new Dagobert (if you know the solution to 1+1, you're always able to figure out who he is), but how his princess will look. And if you know that Dago doesn't have any girlfriend or wife, the first question is WHO he chose to be on his side.
The tension was really high when Dago finally appeared. Of course we faked our surprise to see him (I 'never' could have guessed it could be him...), but immediately everybody started looking around, searching for the princess.
But no... to our disappointment, this Dago has chosen to celebrate carnival alone.
Alaaf for prince Remi XXVI!
