It has been a blast to be in the Netherlands for the World Cup. The entire country is enjoying a riot of orange–the traditional color of the royal family and of their winning “footballer” team. I’ll post more pics when I get back, but here are a couple of favorites:

Evidently, according to this tile, the Dutch had vuvuzelas back in the time of Vermeer.

Photo above taken in Amsterdam earlier this week. You’ve got to admire the dedication.
And speaking of which, the shops have been selling “2010 World Cup champion” t-shirts for weeks. Fingers crossed for them!
 
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