Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Another impression

some trouble with my slow laptop prevented me from posting yesterday. but here, one last photo of kings day (i keep thinking queensday!). as you can see, quite a lot of people were dressed in orange. and like someone said, its indeed comparable to an american yard sale (but a gigantic one!). people put their stuff out on blankets; i think most of the stuff was baby/childrens clothes and toys. while we were walking around, one mother discovered that her child had just put his current shoes between the shoes for sale... whahahahaha, that was so funny. maybe he didnt like his shoes..?
too bad we dont have some yard sales every weekend, like in the US. i really enjoyed driving/walking around on our way to somewhere, anywhere. and then suddenly seeing a yard sale with lots of interesting stuff for nearly nothing... thats how we got part of our furniture.... :) i dont think i ever saw a yard sale in the netherlands, and i am not sure whether they are allowed (although doing it in your own yard should be ok, no...?).

4 comments:

biebkriebels said...

We have Kringloop winkels for that in place of the car boot saoes I think. Had to laugh about the boy wit his new shoes for sale!

Kay said...

This also reminds me of a "flea market," bigger than a yard sale, where lots of vendors come together. Usually they have tables for their stuff, though.

Jack said...

Look at all of that orange! I don't know what I would do without yard sales. When I get back to Hartford, I am planning to get rid of years' worth of junk with a huge yard sale. Maybe you should fly back . . .

Mo said...

Why is everyone wearing orange