Kermis Fotos

Note: None of these photos were taken by me. They are on my camera, however. Below is from Monday, after the parade. It is obviously a fair shot. It was so busy in Leiden, thousands of people everywhere. As this photo below shows, people crowded the streets of Leiden. It was really impossible to move anywhere faster than a snail-pace. This is one of the shots from the parade. There was a woman on a stripper pole. I find this photo interesting just because here's a happy family parade with a stripper pole. Apparently how the Dutch fly... And finally, a ubiquitous windmill shot. The sun is setting, it's the last night that the flags will be attached to the blades of the mill for a while, and the town is just starting to get ready to party. Fireworks, beer, and food all needed to be used. I have no idea how many kegs were all around the city of Leiden, but one bar on the corner had over 70 kegs. Could you imagine? It's hard for me, certainly.
Well, with Leidse Onzet over, and classes resumed, things in this little Dutch town are returning to normality. This morning, I rode my bike in the fog. Last night after class it started to sprinkle... if it didn't rain here, something would be wrong. I'm excited for this weekend. I have nothing to do. I can wake up at 11:30, eat my peanut butter toast, drink my coffee and watch Roseanne by noon. It's really an amazing television show. I identify with it too much, I find. Ah well. I have around 10 euro left to buy bread tonight, and cigarettes will have to be bummed for a while again.