You've always wondered...

What's it like to live in Europe? What are the people like? Do they dress like us? Talk like us? The answers to those questions are... Educational. Different. No. No.

Yesterday we heard a car horn honking outside of our house. We looked out the upstairs windows and saw Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet walking down our street! I couldn't resist the urge to video tape their ramdom visit. For weeks we have watched silly shows on TV about their antics and escapades. Zwarta Piet, Sinterklaas's helper, is always played by an actor in black face paint. (Very politically incorrect in my opinion.) Sinterklaas wears a red bishop like costume and carries a staff. Anyway, I followed them down the street and got a great video of the locals singing the traditional Sinterklaas song and receiving candy from Zwarte Piet.

I wrote about this celebration last year too but if you want to learn even more go to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinterklaas