Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Tomorrow I Wander with the Fairytales
Today, I received an amusing message from my parents, Richard, and Sjoujke. They spent the morning taking the Heineken tour as part of the Heineken Experience. They sent me a video from the tour. It was splendid. Picture an 80's music video with weird characters moving around and looking at the camera. (Yes, I said weird characters.) :) I put on my headphones and listened and watched while trying not to laugh too loudly at work.
Tomorrow I go to the Efteling. I will take the train to Tilburg and transfer to the Efteling buses where I will meet Caroline, Nick, Rose, and my parents. I’m quite excited to finally see what it is all about. I saw the mini-Efteling display at Madurodam which included a character popping his neck up into the air. His neck grew to about a foot. My dad and I proceeded to sink our necks in and pop them up for my mom who was videoing. (She has a habit of taking very boring video so I have made it my mission to liven it up a bit. I began this mission years ago when the first family camcorder was purchased.) While my dad and I continued to pop our necks up and down, we attracted the attention of other tourists and walked away. (I have an unfortunate habit for those around me of attracting unwanted attention for ridiculous antics. For example, I posed for a picture with the Dutch statue of a girl in wooden shoes at Madurodam…with my umbrella despite the nonexistent rain. Next, I had the girls join me in the ridiculous picture while a crowd formed and gazed on. I have also danced in the metro to Marijke’s embarrassment during the weekend midday rush.)
What will I do tomorrow? How can I embarrass my family further? Off to the Efteling...
Tomorrow I go to the Efteling. I will take the train to Tilburg and transfer to the Efteling buses where I will meet Caroline, Nick, Rose, and my parents. I’m quite excited to finally see what it is all about. I saw the mini-Efteling display at Madurodam which included a character popping his neck up into the air. His neck grew to about a foot. My dad and I proceeded to sink our necks in and pop them up for my mom who was videoing. (She has a habit of taking very boring video so I have made it my mission to liven it up a bit. I began this mission years ago when the first family camcorder was purchased.) While my dad and I continued to pop our necks up and down, we attracted the attention of other tourists and walked away. (I have an unfortunate habit for those around me of attracting unwanted attention for ridiculous antics. For example, I posed for a picture with the Dutch statue of a girl in wooden shoes at Madurodam…with my umbrella despite the nonexistent rain. Next, I had the girls join me in the ridiculous picture while a crowd formed and gazed on. I have also danced in the metro to Marijke’s embarrassment during the weekend midday rush.)
What will I do tomorrow? How can I embarrass my family further? Off to the Efteling...
