Clogs!!
...because at 4pm today, I will officially be on holiday - and won't be returning to the benighted office until September. Yay!
A bit late this year for our annual pilgrimage to our beloved Amsterdam (my birthday having passed last weekend, when we are usually there) - but there's a very good reason.
We fly out next Wednesday, for several event-filled days of fun and merriment as the 'Dam celebrates its 750th birthday - with the Grachtenfestival, the Tall Ships, a viewing platform on the roof of the Nieuwe Kerk, food festivals and much more besides!
To kick off the party mood, how about one of the cheesiest of cheesy Dutch Eurodance acts? As Mr DeVice commented last time I posted this, "Where on earth was that video shot - outside Fawlty Towers??"
Thank Disco Eurodance It's Friday!
Have a great weeekend, folks!
I'm on my lunch break as I read this, and I'm right there with you. I have 3 hours to go and I won't be returning until sometime in September. Three more days to count down then I leave!!! Good riddance rat race.
ReplyDeleteMy laptop had been dispensed with to the under-stairs cupboard, and there it will stay for the next sixteen days! Thank fuck. Jx
DeleteThree fucking cheers to that!!!! Gin Gin
DeleteYay! Jx
DeleteThat’s hilarious. It DOES look like Fawlty Towers. Apparently she can’t stand it no more no no more. Neither can I. You are so cultured! The Grachtenfestival!
ReplyDeleteOh, we are, dear - culture with a capital "K"! Our hotel where we always stay is right in the heart of the old town, in the "Red Light District", and as we wander the grachten from there, we fully expect to catch loads of different pop-up stages with different types of music everywhere! Can't wait... Jx
DeletePS The Dutch Fawlty Towers! - who knew?
Ce sera un «Big Blast» alors qu'Amsterdam fait la fête :)
ReplyDeleteJe serai sur la place du Dam, en flânant dans la Warmoesstraat à De Wallen et en allant dans les bars ! Café Old Sailor, Backstage Bar, Spijker Bar, Red Light Bar, Queen’s Head, Red Light Bar, Black Tiger Bar, Rosalia’s Menagerie, Café de Kroetijger, Café Hill Street Blues, Molly Malone’s et Bar TwentySeven.
Et les cafés à haschisch pour se détendre, Boerejongens et Grey Area Coffeeshop, et le meilleur endroit simplement manger Staring at Jacob :)
-Beau Mec à Deauville
Of all those bars, we only regularly frequent Spijker and the Queen’s Head. Regardless, this trip is certainly going to see Mokum at its busiest, I reckon! Jx
Deletethat is the cheesiest.
ReplyDeleteRemarkably, the group is still together, still performing. Who is their audience, I wonder? Jx
DeleteApologies for missing your birthday post last weekend - I'm sure your holiday makes up for my neglect!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat will you be doing until Wednesday?
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Sleeping, mainly. Jx
DeleteAmsterdam's 750th birthday Party! It will be fab and I can't wait
ReplyDeleteOne thing we are certain of - the Dutch certainly know how to throw a party! Jx
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