Boschebols! YUM YUM YUM

So last night we arrived in Den Bosch and we all thought it was really cute. Today in the daylight we weren’t quite as impressed. I think it was all the lights that made it look real good. There is this one street with lots of restaurants that just looks adorable. It was kind of eerie walking around though because it was desserted. The day after Christmas is still considered a holiday here so nobody was out. Adrienne and I joined Mauricio, Amanda, and Irina for dinner. I learned how Irina was a road baby and grew up on Holiday on Ice until she was 7! Her parents are Olympians from ’72 I think. She doesn’t seem so thrilled with the show but I feel like she doesn’t know anything else but skating which is really sad.

We are staying at a Golden Tulip just like last week but this one is soooo different! We have old school keys to get into our room that we aren’t supposed to leave the premises with. They expect us to turn it in at the front desk whenever we leave! How absurd is that! It is especially annoying when you come back and a bunch of people are in line checking in and all you want to do is go to your room! Whoever thought this idea up is dumb! Oh and our room has a quote painted on the wall in huge letters that reads: “Take your time to dream, that is the way to the stars” All the other rooms I have seen don’t have quotes?!? I guess we are special.

This morning I went on a really nice run. Den Bosch was founded as a fortified city so there is a wall that used to surround it. I found the wall on my run which was neat. After that Mauricio, Adrienne, and I did some walking around and ended up at this café called Cinq where we drank some hot chocolate and sat for at least two hours just talking away. We had a pretty relaxing day which I feel was much needed considering what we have in store this weekend. 9 shows over the course of 3 days!

Dad sent me some new movies to amuse me. (we have already watched Hairspray and No Reservations which I highly recommend. Brittany is stuck at the hotel all day because she was out last show on Wednesday for back problems again L So we went by to visit her and watched the Waitress. I had already seen it and really liked it and they all really liked it as well. Then to end our day we went on a hunt for Boschebol. I’m not sure how you spell that but it is this dessert that is a specialty to Den Bosch that we saw on postcards. There was this street trailer selling sweets nearby us but they only had fried donut looking things. I asked this young boy who bought some of them where I could find the Boschebol and he pointed us in the right direction. We brought them home so Brittany could try one as well. They were amazing. It is basically a massive puff pastry covered in chocolate. The cream is soooo good though inside!