Spent an early morning cycling to the harbour to wait for Sinterklass to arrive...with all the other kids!! haha..sadly, I didnt get a treat from the black petes...:(
There is an interesting story behind Dutch christmas and all about how Dutch immigrants brought the tradition of Santa Claus to the rest of the world....then again, thats what the Dutch thinks...haha.. and it is still a dream for me to be celebrating Christmas at the Santa Claus Village in Finland.....
Until then, here's some Dutch Pre-Christmas festives!
Zwarte Pete with some mini-zwarte petes!!
Huge crowd by the harbour!!
Not so fun...
Extremely enjoyable!
The cool thing was if you cant find a place to stand by the harbour...well, you can come in your own boat!
And nobody is stopping you if you just want to kayak here...hehe looks really fun!
Sinterklass's steamboat from Spain!!!
S and his merry Petes onboard
Can you spot Sinterklass?
Sinter! Sinter! *kids jumping*
And so you all thought Sinterklass was on THAT boat....ah....i see him in the crowd...
This Pete was once a stuntman!
All hail! The Man Waves.
Made in Spain
Thus, presenting you Sinterklass, with special appearance - Tigger!!
6 comments:
Another cycling trip!!
Hmm...r u gg to get a kayak or boat next?
Btw, how did tigger find his way there...thought he was at home all the while? *shocked*
Haha...and so you thought so...
I think this is his dutch cousin...Digger..haha
Great foto story. It's nice to hear you are enjoying yourself. you even get to see sinterklass. if you good kid this year, sure will get presents. :)
how come Sinterklass seems to have lost weight?? isn't he supposed to be a fat jolly old man?
I want that Digger balloon! ;p
Haha...yeah..hard times in spain for Sinterklass...lost some weight here and there with all the travelling too I think! haha
He seems more like a King...agreed :)
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