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Lisbon | Portugal
Supermarket Sarah
Breath Of Sunlight by Zach Ahern
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The Dutch Christmas mythology is so completely bonkers! Instead of reindeer, Sinterklaas (Santa Claus) has a companion named Zwarte Piet (Black Pete).
Children are told that if they have been good, Zwarte Piet will bring them gifts and sweets, but if they have been bad, Piet will scoop them up, stuff them in his huge dufflebag and spirit them away to Spain as punishment!
Ahahahah… it’s actually funny you mention this now that I’m in Amsterdam. The Sinterklaas was last saturday and the celebration is a bit on still. My favorite part is they say zwarte piet is painted black because he comes from the chimney, but why does he also have really curly hair?
My sister just told me that some of her classmates who also have the swine flu went to university anyway because they are under such pressure to be present.
Both my back and my feet hurt… I guess I’m not used to this amount of exercise. Usually, I’m just sitting behind a desk and not walking the whole day! I just hope to get used to this by next week and start paying visits to the gym more often!
Yesterday I tried to jump into the back of a bicycle like everyone does here… I can’t do it yet, but Carolina and I made a promise to ourselves: we’re gonna be doing it in style by the end of week. It’s highly probable I’ll take a broken leg as a souvenir back to Lisbon!
