November, 11 - Saint Martin's evening
This year we lighted our doorway with pumpkins.
We put the chocolates in the bowls on the corridor stairways and waited for the children with their
lampionnen...
This year, they came earlier - about 6 pm. All of them have sung the typical
Sint Maarten liedjes very well, so, everybody has received a chocolate.
I didn't photograph the children singing at my doorway, but I leave you with a video from Youtube, so you can see how lovely is this evening in the Netherlands.
Last year, more children came. I remember I had no time to sit down on the sofa.However, this year, I had a big surprise. A group of children came to see Fofinho. "Waar is Fofinho? Hij is zo lief! " (Where is Fofinho? He is so sweet!) they said. I invited the group to come in and they were delighted to see him.So sweet of them to ask about my cat. Lately, he doesn't come out very often, since it is raining most of the time and he is a bit weak. I noticed that especially the daughter of my neighbor F. was missing him very much. She is very attached to Fofinho. Always was. :-)