Tuesday 1 July 2014

The World's Gone Temporarily Orange


 
Well , it has here , at least . The country's gone football mad and , during the World Cup it might be seen as impolite not to sport the national colour . Everywhere you go is covered in flags , lions and giant blow-up footballs  ( the care home up the street , full of very frail old ladies  , even has one above their porch )  .
And nearly everyone has something orange on , though luckily most haven't gone this far ... 




I think the prize should go to this little girl


Anyway , this was Groningen today :




 
But my favourite was a scruffy cafè down an alleyway . They'd spent nothing on decorations . They just had Pumpkin And Carrot soup on the menu . The way to a man's heart is his stomach ....

7 comments:

Friko said...

Isn’t it funny, even people like me who are not great football - or any sport - fans normally admit the odd little flutter of interest during international tournaments.

It might even be Holland v Germany!

love those cupcakes said...

All I'm going to say is, our neighbours had no sooner hung up the England flags on their house than they had to take them down.

Marcheline said...

Egads... reminds me of living in Tennessee! (Vols' color: ORANGE) I'm not a sports fan, so the whole thing sort of eludes me. If people went around getting excited about Shakespeare, or the Glenn Miller Orchestra, I'd be right there with them.

Lucille said...

I even saw a little boy all dressed in orange at my local supermarket. His mother was speaking to him in what I presume was Dutch. Big Night tonight!

Maria said...

I come from a big Irish CAtholic family. My Mother wouldn't permit the color orange in our home or clothing. To this day, I adore orange because it was denied me!

Liz Hinds said...

As I write the final is being played. Soon be over ...

Around My Kitchen Table said...

I work with a girl who is half Dutch so I followed your fortunes quite closely. I thought you did really well - to go out on penalties is cruel! XX