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6/14/2008 - Weekend update

As most of you know, I'm not doing my blogging from home, and as usual, here I am at the Enkhuizen library, which is a fifteen minute walk from my home. Normally, at this hour, 10 AM, on a Saturday morning there's already a lot of traffic from people who are getting their weekend groceries done, tourists, etc., etc. This morning, on my way over here, I saw two cats, maybe, and a handful of grocery shoppers. I don't think I've ever seen a Saturday morning this calm.

During the wee hours of the morning however, that was quite a different story. Drunks shouting, and singing, claxons, people pounding on whatever their delirium would have them believe to be musical instruments... The reason? We beat France 4-1 at soccer! What a game. Just a week ago, before the start of Euro 2008 polls showed that upto 78% of the Dutch fans didn't believe the Netherlands would make an impact at all, especially since we had been drawn into the so-called 'Group of Death'. This afternoon however, people will wake up more confident than ever, realizing that we have first beaten world champions Italy resoundingly, 3-0, and last night we beat the runners up at the last world cup. I say beat, I mean thrashed.

Now, the team are in the luxury position that they can now decide the fate of both teams in one more group of death game on Tuesday. Should the team intentionally lose to Romania, both France and Italy are out. I just read a German fan forum, and those German fans are begging for us to do exactly that, so that if the Germans reach the title game, they won't have to face either. Still, when it comes to soccer, who the hell listens to Germans?

Now for something important: herring. The new herring has arrived to the Netherlands just over a week ago. The herring is a fish, y'all know that right? This is an event of national importance in my country. The first barrels are auctioned off at Scheveningen, with the very first barrel fetching a five figure sum. I believe a hotel school won out this year. The first reports on the new herring suggested that this is the best herring in years. They weren't lying. I don't think I ever had herring that good. I've eaten four so far, and I'm planning on eating many, many more.

The day of first herring even has a name, Vlaggetjesdag, or Little Flags Day. There's more to it than herring, as you can read in an entry on another blog, that I sometimes read, Laane on the World. The link opens in a new window.

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