The Sinterklaas crowd

Sinterklaas is officially in town!!! This year, I decided to focus more on the crowd watching the arrival than Sint on his steamboat. 

Enjoy!

Sinterklaas toot toot!

I absolutely love Christmas but I love Dutch Christmas the most. Sinterklaas arrived in Amsterdam on his steamboat this past Sunday. I made sure to be at the skinny bridge extra early to get a good view; and I did!

There are no words to explain what this parade is like. There is so much warmth and joy. The children were singing songs for over an hour waiting for Sints arrival by boat. They patiently waited under the rain. No child was grumpy because of the rain and of standing in the cold. They just waited and waited and sang and sang.

I really don’t know what else I could write to explain the feeling of watching these children super excited sitting in boats or standing on the bridge to wave hello to Piet and Sint. There are just no words. J

Here are some pictures of what went on and if you would like to see pictures from the previous year’s click here.

Enjoy!

Sinterklaas in the Dam

Sinterklaas came to Amsterdam today it was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G

(If you don’t know the Sinterklaas story you can click here and learn about it.)

It was the first time I actually got to see his arrival.

So many anxious young faces dressed as the iconic Zwart Piet and so many red flags waving!

I loved seeing the little ones giving their drawing and letters to Zwart Piet so Sinterklaas could see them later on.

Sinterklaas shook my soul mates hand while I was snapping away pictures I am so jealous. Hehe.

I tried to capture as many pictures as I could on this festive day but for the people who know Zwart Piet you know they never stay put so it was really hard.

Also due to my shortness my soul mate had to hold me up or we had to find a curb for me to stand on. Hehe.

But it is truly a magical experience.  I walked around and got to see him three times which I still think for ME wasn't enough ;)

Holland has something very special going on during this holiday… It’s probably one of the least materialistic Christmases I know. YOU GO HOLLAND!

She was showing her drawing she made :)