(a quick pull off the highway on leaving Germany landed us along this amazing and magic tree lined road)The number one thing I'm noticing on this circus discovery is how welcoming everyone is. Beyond welcoming....there just is no border between minute one friend and week long friend. This trip there is no time for "getting to know you", just a hand shake and then we follow our subject and new friend with a camera through their every step in life for a day or two. No one so far has blinked at what could be deemed an intrusion. Instead Ian and I are welcomed with tea and dinner.
Merry Christmas.(from our Rotterdam hotel room with our tree)
A strange one to be sure, but the Duss Family Sea Lions - Petra & Roland - invited us for dinner in their small trailer on the Rotterdam Circus back lot. We enjoyed pasta, wine, and good conversation with sea lions barking next door.
A note for all visitors to the Netherlands:
Beer = Bear. So, when you see a restaurant called "Bella Beer", it does not mean a restaurant with lots of beer. If you choose this for you dinner place (as Ian and I did Christmas eve) you have just chosen to eat at a child's themed bear restaurant. All food will come in bear shapes and you will be surrounded, wall to ceiling, with stuffed bears.
Happy holidays to all!
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Love this post - I cracked up so hard at the Bella Beer story! Just read it outloud to Sacha - Just to imagine you two surrounded by stuffed bears on Christams Eve...so sweet and funny! So great to read of your adventures.
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