Dag 7 -- the Movies and the Darn Rain

We were supposed to head back to Amsterdam today. But they called for rain, rain and more rain. So we bagged that plan and went to see Hancock instead. My first experience with a movie theatre in Holland! Woohoo!

Surprisingly, it was very much like the movie theatre in the States. The ticket price is outrageous, the popcorn, soda and candy price is outrageous, and there was way too many commercials and previews. Cell phone off, check. Silence is golden, check. Beer commercial???? Yep, beer commercial, check. Oh yeah, for a country (or maybe a continent) that sells beer at its gas stations, why should beer commercials during a movie surprise me?! oh yeah, the movie was in English (not dubbed, thank Goodness!), with Dutch subtitles.

Anyway, after settling ourselves in and enduring all the previews, Hancock was really good. What's not to like, right? Take a super hero movie, throw in some humor, Charliz Theron and Will Smith. Hot, hot and double hot. So it was good.

I went shopping for the boys after the movie. Have to bring my babies some cool stuff. Not having much luck with finding dutch things that they might appreciate, I loaded up on chocolate and Pokemon stuff. haha!

I'm feeling a little braver by now. I just walk up to shop keepers and start talking in English. Though sometimes they still speak Dutch and I can sort of pick up a few easy things. Very cool!

We went to an Indonesian restaurant for snacks and a Turkish place for lunch. Both were quite yummy.

I went to my first supermarket in Holland. It was pretty big, indeed very big in Dutch standards, but only about normal in American standards. I got more chocolate to bring home, and Fabian got me Dutch yogurt and a dessert called Vlan to try. The yogurt is very very thick and not sweetened at all. Much like our plain yogurt with a different texture. The Vlan was very similar to our pudding. Apparently Dutch pudding is much thicker, almost solid. It was smooth, and not too sweet.

After the grocery store, we ordered pizza for dinner. I got a pizza with mushrooms, pineapples, spinach, broccoli, Italian beans (look a lot like red kidney beans, maybe they are!), tomatoes, peppers and.... (insert drumrolls here) BANANAS! That was pretty much the reason I ordered this pizza. I've never had bananas on a pizza before. It was decidedly interesting. The crust was very good, the toppings? Iffy. It was tasty still though. Fabian's 10-thousand-meats pizza was good too, though a bit greasy and salty for my likings.

Ok, I'm tired, and tomorrow is my last day here. I THINK, we're going to Amsterdam.