On Friday was a day to remember. It was Reiner's last day in the Netherlands. So our beloved group of friends wanted to wish us farewell in style, including party hats, leis and all. What a day it was! We started with typical Dutch fare, "kroketten" at Vegetarisch Traiteur.
Our next step was a boot tour on the channels of Amsterdam. A dream come
true! On a flower adorned boat with bubbels and pink "tompouces", another typical Dutch (not the
colour though!) dessert dish. The bubbels were imported from France (oh
la la!), the tompouces were purchased at Koffie ende Koeck.
The day ended at a friend's house boat (another typical Dutch invention. When the land is scarce, let's live on water instead!), where we had a potluck dinner with faux gras, sausages, potato and couscous salads, cheeses, mercimek köfte, spring rolls, lettuce soup, cheese and chocolade cakes... I am sure I am forgetting something!
Even the dogs had their share of the fun. Essi and myself we were still totally exhausted the following day!
What a day, what a bunch of wonderful friends! I cannot even start to show my gratitude for having met these people. Thank you all (you know who you are!) for making this already in itself special day oh SO very special to us! We feel so blessed to have you in our lives. Luckily this was not a goodbye forever. Because some people will never leave you, even if you are far apart.
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Photo credits except for the very first and very last one: Meta and Rosalie (because in all the excitement I had forgotten to take my camera with me. Stupid me!). Thank you also for these!
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