The pops rolled into town on a whirlwind visit. We did everything in true Dutch style, including public transportaion, biking through tulips and of course, eating herring. Check out the tasty photos. Now, look cloesely -- check out all the people in the background really jonesing for their RAW herring slathered in chopped onion. There is even a communal hand washing bin with lemons in it to get the smell off. Even my dad -- who really likes to do things because they are healthy (like deprive his growing children of sweets so they don't end up fat -- yeah, lot of good that did -- man, I used to open jars of sweetened condensed milk I wanted sugar so bad...yes, I am disgusting) didn't like it. This is also a guy who will eat whitefish salad straight out of the tin. I actually thought it would appeal to him, but guess I'm wrong. Whatever, its tasty....on bread.
Quick aside -- so last week I was talking about the search function on the blog and not being able to find it...well I did. But this reminds me of the very obvious gap between us gen Yers and our booming parents. Watching my father use a computer might have been the most frustrating thing I've seen in recent history. I don't think I've watched something like this...since...since watching ATD ice a cake. It's soooooooo painful. The hunt/peck typing, the needing to check the email everyday (trust me, the world keeps spinning when you are on vacation). It's almost as bad as when he answers his cell phone when he's at dinner with my brother, his "life partner" and I. Dude, we are the ONLY three people who ever call you. (serenity now) On the bitchy computer note -- the spell check on this blog isn't working. Do you guys remember when spelling was impotent? Do kids still have to do that stuff? (FYI -spelling error in previous sentence intended).
We then took off for Prague, which was beautiful. I think I walked every inch of the city. Yeah, was thinking about doing a destination marathon there, but fuuuuuuck that -- cobble stones suck (still need to go back and party, though). I also learned all about the Czech Jews who apparently have been persecuted for millions of years (big suprise on that one). Interesting tid bit from our crappy guide book: In addition to Prague as a city and the old Jewish quarter (ahem, ghetto...yes Coltrane, it was for the Choosen people first...much like the NBA) not being bombed in WWII, apparently Hitler's grand plan was to use the area as a type of museum on an extinct race. Kinda like we do with the Mayans...and pandas.
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