To celebrate this we went to the Efteling, which, by pretty much all standards is the best amusement park in the entire world.
We had been so busy with all the emigration stuff we still had to take care of that we were happy to just take one day to go out and relax. The park was nearly empty, so we didn't have to wait in line anywhere, which made it even more awesome :D
We were greeted by this old wizard, who guided us through the Fata Morgana
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| "Ey psst, uhr kaufen?" |
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| No wait I have to instagram my pictures!!! (oh no, that was me..) |
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| This is where they're building the new themed rollercoaster |
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| The Flying Dutchman rollercoaster was closed, it was a bit icy there.. |
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| I tried stealing a potato for my brother, who is so poor that he can't afford one. |
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| We decided to eat our lunch in the Gondolettas, but we're obviously not the only ones who eat here, and the seagulls have caught on to this trend. |
Bram thought being followed and assaulted by more than 30 seagulls was hilarious, so he started feeding them. I was overjoyed.
Yeah, thanks sweetie..
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| Selfie-time in the Pagode! |
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| Vogel Rok was still celebrating not getting stuffed in an oven over the holidays.. ;) |
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| Bram loved all the old mechanical displays in the Efteling Museum, I was captivated by this old map. Anyone else remember what the park used to look like? |
Next, I dragged Bram into the Diorama, which he apparently hadn't seen in some 20 years, so he was thrilled. So was I, because despite being built over 40 years ago, it's still a gorgeous sight.
Most of these attractions are based on the work of Anton Pieck, including this next picture
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| Angry beasty... |
Bram picked and lost a fight with the dragon, too bad, because I kinda had my eye on the golden crown..
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| Kleine Boodschap! |
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| Yeah, yeah, very abominable... |
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| What a gorgeous sight on our way out... I hope to come back soon! |
Bram flew back last friday, I stayed to attend my grandmother's 94th birthday party which was last saturday. And now I'm staying a little longer to have a drink with my cousin who is coming back in a couple of days after being abroad for six months, we certainly have a lot of catching up to do :)
My parents are kind enough to let me stay with them, Ringo is happy most of the time and I'm trying to use my time here to catch up with people and take care of a lot of things that I still needed to do. Oh yeah, I still have a car to sell...
I loved that bringing Bram to the airport wasn't the dramatic experience it always used to be, knowing I'd see him again in less than two weeks, instead of two months.. Much better this way!
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