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November 20, 2005
SinterKlaas is here!
We chased the SinterKlaas barge canal after canal, all four of us piled on the bike, me riding side saddle on the back rack. Although we never got far enough ahead to see SinterKlaas coming on his barge from Madrid we did see all the Zwarte Piets dancing on their own barges, cruising down the Amstel.
We made it to ScheepvaartMuseum to hear the mayor welcoming SinterKlaas to Amsterdam and then caught the parade. The parade could have benefited from a little capitalism. Where was the hot dog stand or a vendor hawking sinterklaas t-shirts? None of that, which was nice but at the same time disappointing because I really could have used a nice cup of tea.
Karsten told one of the Piets that he wants a robot for Christmas. One with batteries that talks. Not sure where he came up with that one. It may have been the first time a Piet took an order for Santa Claus, but the Piet was a good soul and listened and hugged Karsten.
I had just started wondering if I'd really thought through missing the holidays in Seattle but today's experience made me think this will be a very special holiday season afterall.
Posted by jana at November 20, 2005 1:03 PM
Comments
He looks like something out of a Monty Python Spanish Inquisition sketch.
Posted by: dunsany at November 20, 2005 1:35 PM
i think that blackpeter sould take order from kids becouse he know all and see all and he's also his helper and he sould be on the intnet to
take letter from kids too becouse he does most of the work too. what do you think to all the dutch childen
Posted by: sherry verhagen at November 25, 2005 11:44 PM
hello sint
Posted by: sheryl croes at December 4, 2005 11:30 AM