Sunday, May 19, 2013

Luilakmarkt, lunch with our landlords/friends, and our garden is blooming!


From the Haarlem website (translated using Google translate):

Luilakmarkt in Haarlem
When: Friday, May 17, 2013
Where: Raamvest
Raamvest
2011 ZK Haarlem
The Market is a famous Slacker pots and plant market on Friday May 17th starting at 16:00 pm and throughout the night until the next morning (May 18) about 11:00 h (Slacker Morning). In addition to flowers, plants and garden accessories is also the inner man operated well.

lazybones:
Slacker is a non-Christian festival that is usually celebrated on the Saturday before Pentecost. It is a festival where long sleepers and late comers be mocked. Slacker is celebrated especially by young people. They are very early and try to make to make and make noise.

This may be very early in the morning suddenly deafening sound on the street. Groups of young people crying tears on bicycle and moped through the neighborhood, a long rope trailing behind their vehicle with pots, pans, cans and other things that make noise.

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We went to the Luilakmarkt Friday evening around 2000hrs. I didn't realize it was open all night and closing the next morning. We didn't buy anything Friday, but happened to go back around 10:00 Saturday morning and bought a few flowers. Our neighbors told us that's the best time to go because you can haggle prices (less for them to pack up and bring home!).










There were several food booths:





Our tulips are in full bloom in the back yard!







Today we had lunch with Hans and Angela. They are such nice people, we are truly blessed to have them in our lives. We talked with them about extending our lease till August or September 2014. It's still "up in the air" because of circumstances in their lives, but they will know in the next month or two. We're hoping we can stay here so we don't have to move in the middle of winter! We would have to decide whether to go back to the States or find another place to rent here....

We had a very nice afternoon together with them! They are such a nice couple!

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