Today was the intocht van Sinterklaas, or the arrival of Sinterklaas in Amsterdam. We proceeded around noon with our favourite small person (yes, Eloïse ) to the Dam, where an almost two hour wait ensued before Sinterklaas finally rode down the Damrak into town on his horse.
It was very busy with parents and children and had started to drizzle by the end, but we got to see the goedheilig man and were handed some pepernoten by one of the many zwarte pietjes leading the way.
Eloïse has experienced her first Sinterklaas! Hieperdepiep! Hoera! Hieperdepiep! Hoera! Hieperdepiep! Hoera!