The tourists are coming...
Posted on May 2nd, 2006
by 
Dean
Dean
Hello,
To this collection of like-minded individuals who gather together noplace. And there's noplace like home.
I find myself in a small town in southern Iowa called Pella. It's a small Dutch town and my name doesn' begin with Van. Van Johnson just doesn't have the right ring to it. Anyway, Thursday is the start of their Tulip Time festival, and the tourists are starting to swarm. About 125,000-150,000 people are estimated to visit during three days. Residents will entertain them with parades and activities and the tourists will spend their money on mouth-watering pastries, wooden shoes and miniature windmills.
I wonder how many people actually ever wear the wooden shoes.
I still feel like a tourist myself, since I moved here only a couple of months ago from La Crosse, Wisconsin. Anyone been to the Casino on Pearl Street?
To this collection of like-minded individuals who gather together noplace. And there's noplace like home.
I find myself in a small town in southern Iowa called Pella. It's a small Dutch town and my name doesn' begin with Van. Van Johnson just doesn't have the right ring to it. Anyway, Thursday is the start of their Tulip Time festival, and the tourists are starting to swarm. About 125,000-150,000 people are estimated to visit during three days. Residents will entertain them with parades and activities and the tourists will spend their money on mouth-watering pastries, wooden shoes and miniature windmills.
I wonder how many people actually ever wear the wooden shoes.
I still feel like a tourist myself, since I moved here only a couple of months ago from La Crosse, Wisconsin. Anyone been to the Casino on Pearl Street?
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tourism
May 2006 