My husband and I traveled to Europe few weeks back. Main reason for our trip was to attend my cousin's wedding who's based on Rotterdam or R'Dam. We arrived in R'Dam via the Eurostar and Thalys from London. We were so lucky as the hotel we were booked in was very close to the city center and Koopgoot.
So as we were walking around, we noticed that the stores were decorated in orange. So we thought, ah, maybe they're celebrating a holiday, something like St Patrick's day where it's green ... There were a lot of orange stuff across the different stores so we never really connected it to ... FIFA and the WORLD CUP!!! There was so much merchandise about it. There was even an orange lion dancing outside the door of the McDonald's across the Hema store.
So one night, we had dinner with the cousins and my uncle and we went to this Dudok place. There was absolutely almost no one in the resto, the streets were sooooo silent and because it was cold, we thought, well maybe people are inside their homes.
NO! Everyone were in the pubs watching the game between Netherlands and Australia! When we arrived at our hotel, the lobby looked like a war zone because people spilled from the bar to the reception area. YUP! The World Cup is soooo huge diay in Europe! I completely forgot! And what we didn't know was that the Oranje Team -- Netherland's team is a strong contender for the finals!!!
Even in our room, we could hear the roar of the people watching in the hotel lobby and the people in their homes when the Oranje team made a goal (we opened our windows to have some fresh air in, no aircon needed). WOW! Murag Pacquiao Fight lang ang peg! I would want to watch it but my hotel cable has no coverage!!!
So I will just have to wait it out! I'm sure Jamie, Chi-wai and Tita Esther are waiting for the game to start!
Sample of World Cup POSM in a store
Here Brian is eating the famous stroopwafel but check out the Sloggi Billboard in the background
Mrs Jane B
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