My secret pleasure…

As you may already know, I have quite a fondness for the tasteless things in the world. Peter Jan Rens has kept me for months in its grip to hold on, Dave Roelvink likewise and bad TV shows are my favorites. It is therefore to be expected that I am crazy about the fair. Yup, I’ve said it. The fair. Honestly, I look forward to it every year, even though it almost costs me a few friendships each time. I will never understand why most people dislike the fair so much, why everyone prefers to walk around it with a wide berth, and why people always start complaining when that thing is being set up again.

I live in Amsterdam, just behind the Dam. At the moment, there is a beautiful fair there again, and when I lie in bed at night, I hear the screams coming from there. There are many rides, and especially the Booster Maxx creates quite a few decibels throughout the city. It’s a kind of arm, with seats on both sides where you can sit, and then that arm and the seats spin around really fast, and that is just very exciting. Terrifying, let’s be honest, but mega thrilling. But the most fun remains, of course, the Ferris wheel. Together with a previous love, I would first buy a bottle of wine with plastic cups at Albert Heijn and then hide it in my bag so we could have a drink in that wheel. See, I can be quite romantic! And okay, this might be a bit far, but there is a webcam on the Dam, and you can watch the fair live. I can’t deny that I do that quite often (sometimes, often).

Last week I was in Haarlem, and there is also a fair there, but it is much less fun than “my” fair. So far, I have exactly ZERO friends who love the fair as much as I do, so finding a kindred spirit is still a bitter pill, but if necessary, I’ll just go alone. If I can travel the world alone for two months, I can surely also ride the Ferris wheel or the Booster alone, right? Otherwise, I’ll just drag May along because you wouldn’t expect it, but she can appreciate a little fair here and there too. So May, see you tonight in the Booster? As you may already know, I have quite a fondness for the tasteless things in the world. Peter Jan Rens has kept me in his grip for months...