It's almost Christmas! We have been working hard leading up to a nice two week break. Many European companies close between Christmas Eve and New Years, and we are lucky enough to take part in that this year! We have been busy with Christmas shopping, visiting the Christmas Market, work, Holiday parties and our Dutch final exam (we passed level one... we can speak to 5 year olds!)
To get us into the holiday spirit, we participated in the Santa Run, a 5k race held in Antwerp to help celebrate the holidays. We were taken aback by the seriousness of the "Santa" part of the race. There were roughly 4,000 participants and all were dressed in a full Santa costume. We are talking Santa pants, a Santa jacket, a Santa hat and last but not least, a Santa beard! To add to the fun, there was a Genever stop (Belgium's take on gin) at the halfway point of the race. We really enjoyed the race but just so everyone knows, the Santa suit is not breathable! We were definitely sweating at the end of the race!
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| Carolers in a sweet ride! |
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| Two American Santa's |
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| 4,000 Santa's ready to run! |
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| The beards were scratchy |
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| Men dressed as Santa pulling a Santa!!! |
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| Mid run! |
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| Antwerp Christmas Market |
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Brazilian Feijoada
(Some of the interesting things you eat when you celebrate the holidays with expats) |
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