Amusement Park: 2nd part of the day!

Here I am with the second picture-overloaded post of our day at the Efteling. After going on the rollercoaster we were shaking in our boots so we had to find a nice, quiet ride to get down to earth again. After taking a quick look at our map we found a nice little boat ride where we could just sit down and enjoy the scenery. And what beautiful scenery it was!

(this was actually another ride, I really want to go on it the next time we're there!)

fishyfishyfishyfishies!

family photo's:

Aah, I want to go back with all my photography equipment! It was pure gorgeousness and so relaxing. I had a bit of a craving for some sugarrr so we went looking for some icecream and we found this wonderful frozen yoghurt stand where you could choose 5 kinds of toppings (including fresh fruit!) to swirl through your frozen yoghurt. It was delicious and my sister was very pleased:

I sadly don't have any pictures of the ghosthouse we went into but it was a bit like Fata Morgana. Except you don't actually go on a ride, you just stand and watch a kind of play going on behind glass. Beautiful lighting, music and dolls act out a creepy scene in a graveyard and inside a church. It wasn't actually scary, just very beautiful. Once that was over, a very tedious process of losing and finding and losing our way again while roaming through the park started. We walked in very interesting, quite peculiar ways around the park, very accurately missing the destination we were seeking. Though the park is gorgeous!

(My mom totally photobombing)

 After FINALLY finding the Fairytale Forrest ("Het Sprookjesbos") we got lost again. Almost everyone around us was frustrated and cursing the damned forrest for not letting them out. Luckily there was enough to look at while getting lost. Walking through the forrest you see reenactments of popular fairytales like "Hansel and Gretel", "Little Red Ridinghood" and "The wolf and the seven little goats" etc. My brother and mother used to read these stories to me when I was a kid so I love the Fairytale Forrest. As a kid I spent lots of time drawing/painting while listening to little cassettes/CD's of people reading those stories. My siblings and I still quote those stories and sing the songs that were at the opening of every story, probably some of the best childhood memories I have are related to those stories. Those stories and the N64. :-D

This big tree tells stories! He gives you a choice between two stories and you have to tell him, loud and clear, which one you want to hear. He's awesome.

Anyways, after being lost for a while my sis started getting a bit crabby so I saved the day and lead us out of the forrest. Like a baws. Now comes the kind of "prize ride" of the park: "De Droomvlucht" or "The Dreamflight". A dark ride where you go through the "living area", so to speak, of little elves and goblins. Very "Dark Crystal"! Now that's a theme park I'd like to see <3. Any Jim Henson related theme park would make me so happy, imagine being able to go through The Labyrinth! Seeing Gareth the goblin king (rawr)! Having a drink at a Podling party! This must happen. But I digress. Pictures of The Dreamflight, comin' up!

The last ride we went on was the lamest thing ever called "Het land van Laaf" or "The land of Laaf", a Laaf being a kind of dwarf like creature. You'd go sit in a snail like thing (it looks a bit like "The Neverending Story" snail) and you'd ride through the land of Laaf. Only, there's just 5 Laafs to be seen, it goes hella slow and that's about it. Definitely not the best ride in the park. If not the worst. But hey, the rest was very good fun! Now the outfit:

shirt: C&A
Jeans: cut up secondhand/gift
socks: H&M
sneakers: PRO-keds
earrings: vintage
bag: sister's
bracelets: too old to remember!
lipstick: Catrice's "lobster love"

There's only so much you can wear when going to an amusement park. You know there's gonna be lots of walking so sneakers are the way to go. There will probably be fast rides and maybe even upside down stuff going on so unless you want to give everybody a good upskirt look, pants are the best option. A tanktop or a light shirt is comfy and not sweaty so there: the ideal amusement park outfit! Also, a generous sized bag. Bottles of water, sandwiches, camera, map, wallet, tickets, keys, there's lots of crap to be carried and you'd rather just have one big bag than three different little purses. So that concludes our day! Hope you lovely creatures enjoyed my post(s) and I'll see you laters, alligators!

Dawn of the first (part of the) day: Amusement Park "Efteling"

Kudos if you got the Majora's mask reference in the title!

Here I am with a bigass, picture overloaded post on our day at the Efteling, a fantasy/fairytale themed park. The weather was awesome, the amount of people there was pretty acceptable and family time: it was a lovely day. The post will be a two parter because there's a shitload of pictures of all the different rides/places where we went. Imma start with pictures of me, a quick look at my outfit (more detailed shots in the next post) and a little talking about the first part of our day. Before we even went in we asked a nice stranger to take our picture. CHEEZ!

The first thing we did when we were in was sit down, draw out our route on the map which would later prove to be an asshole and had some sammiches. Yes, the first thing we did was eat. And this is the face I make when my sister eats part of my sandwich even though I specifically told her NOT to:

Life is so much more fun if you make crazy faces! Adorable me and a close up of my nails:

After having my sandwich stolen and eaten by my sister we went on our way to the first ride of the day, "Fata Morgana" or "1001 nights", a dark ride where you sit in a boat, riding through an Arabian world with dolls acting out certain scenes with a wonderful soundtrack and perfect atmosphere. The smells of spices and incent were delicious and almost made you forget you were on a ride. A market place, harbor, jungle, harem, you'll see. You'll have to excuse me for the shakyness of the pictures, as I said it was pretty dark and everything was moving... I hope you enjoy it anyways! The outside of the area was just as gorgeous as the inside, with a beautiful fountain (and me being smug):

some details of the tower:

Inside, before the ride:

EXCITED SISTER IS EXCITED! Now the actual ride:

This was the doctor or torturer... I'm still not sure. :-D
The market scene:

The poor part of town:

Richer part of town, starting with the harbor:

The market place for wealthier people:

AAH TIGER! I knew the mofo would be roaring in my face but it still freaked me out. Pansy alert!

The golden cage with the harem inside:

And a peeping Tom:

The last scene was a fancy party:

Last but not least, riding through the legs of a giant Arab:

This being his crotch. His face, too, freaked me the hell out. The ending was a door with lazahrz:

After the ride you go through a little souvenir shop with Arabian themed accessories where I bought a pair of earrings, my sister bought a bracelet and my mom bought some incent and little decorative boxes. And no one was ever this happy with tiny boxes.

They were really pretty though!

It was a great ride. (a little lame, like the whole amusement park, but awesomely so)

The second and scariest thing we did: ROLLERCOASTER ARGHGARBLE. I am a complete pansy, that's what you should know for starters. I remember going to an amusement park for the first time when I was thirteen and while I never went on anything scary before, I did the whole shabang: loop de loops, freefalling, backwards, upside down, fast as fuck, you get the picture. I thought is was awesome, just good fun. Now I went on a rollercoaster that didn't even have a loop de loop and it scared the hell outta me. I'm older and pansier. I'm not sure why, I really enjoyed it back than but I can't even imagine enjoying that stuff now. Whatever the reason for that might be, it's safe to say that I've changed quite a bit since I was thirteen. The rollercoaster was scary but fun! I'm glad I went with my sis and mom, who are just as much of a pansy as me.

The scariest thing there was BY FAR this thing called "The Python":

EEEK, right? I ain't doing that shit, man. We went on this one:

The wooden rollercoaster. It was called "Joris en de draak" (George and the dragon) and it had a big dragon head coming out of the wall when you rode by that certain part. I didn't see it, of course, because I had my eyes closed for most of the ride. LAME-O, I know. I opened my eyes now and then but that didn't work for me, to say the least. :-D I will close this post with our faces of HORROR just minutes before going on the ride:

(if you're familiar with Mario Tennis 64 you should look at my face and hear Luigi make the "OOOHoHOhoho" sound when he loses. It's a perfect match.)

Hope you had a great weekend and that you enjoyed this post, there's still many a picture to come!

Parrot top

Yes, that was a pun. You know, instead of Carrot top I said Parrot top. Carrot top has some awesome wild red locks going on though. I can't guarantee ya I won't ever get a red 'fro somewhere down the line.

Since it's been terribly hot the last week/week and a half I thank my lucky numbers I bought some tank tops/light shirts in the last remains of July sales. One I will be featuring in my next post, (amusement park post with lots of pictures, including a picture of the crotch of a huge Arabian dude statue. You'll see.) one I will be featuring now! I'm normally not all that into shirts with random prints but animals/nature is always good. For realz or on shirts, 's all guud. So, without further ado, here's my parrot top!

Pretty, huh? I loved it immediately, the parrot looks like it's painted with watercolors. I love watercolors! It's a pretty simple outfit but it was comfy and colorful. That's all I need! Close up of my promised nosering!:

Mhmmm, total badass. I never saw myself as a badass but swooning over Xena: the warrior princess, goths and punks as a little girl (how could I not, my older sister was a punk for a while) I pretty much vowed to myself to be at least somewhat of a badass, some day. I still have the same shy, goofy smile I had when I was seven but I now smile goofily with bright green short hair and a nosering. :-D Oh yeah, I cut my hair again. First I'm going to finish up my "long hair" posts before I'll show you my new 'do but I can tell you it's WICKED HOT. I've said this so many times before but I always feel so much more like myself with freshly cut hair. When I've washed my hair I just kind of shake like a dog and my hair is exactly as I like it, slightly strange and messy. Just the way I like my men, too.

On the flip side, I'll see you! (you'll have to imagine the Yoda voice with it yourself :-D)

edit:
top, nosering: C&A
skirt, scarf as belt: T2 vintage
sandals: zara
sunglasses: vintage