Poking around in Hengelo

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So this morning I woke up and got ready to go to Hengelo to fix this passport problem with 2006 and 2007. Once again, no problemo on the train, and I found the politie station, the same woman was there and she fixed it in 10 minutes. Since it was later than when I was first in Hengelo, more stores were open so I poked around in some neat shops. I went into Xenos, one of my favorite stores, and bought a really cheap umbrella. I figure, if I spend 2.99E on an umbrella versus 7.99E on an umbrella, the wind is going to kill both of them either way. So I opted for a cheap blue umbrella with white polka dots.

I didn't have time for breakfast, so I stopped at Bakkerij Bart (the bakery where I got a chocolate croissant the first time) and looked at the options. I wanted to try something new, so I saw something called "Appelflap." Hm...I know that "Appel" means apple, so it must be an apple tart or something. I was so proud of myself when I ordered it all in Dutch and even ended the conversation with "Doo Doei!" which is like "bye bye". =) go me.

I'm still on the hunt for some nice boots - there's so many to choose from, but I'm hesitating because new boots come out every week and the prices change on all of them. I'll wait until the pair I want find me, perhaps.

As I was walking around Hengelo, I noticed a familiar thing probably also happening in stores back home: Christmas merchandise already on the shelves. That's right, I can't escape those snowglobes and smiling Sinterklaas' in October. Although the Dutch don't celebrate halloween, stores still sell the halloween decorations - spiders, purple cats with fangs (I never understood the purple cats. I understand black cats, but the purple ones are supposed to be friendlier? Who knows, maybe it's thanks to Lisa Frank), bats, ghosts, witches, and lots of pumpkins.

xoxo

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