Monday, October 01, 2007

Lady of Stavoren

Dahlink, ja, YOU! Come here zis instant!

I vant to tell yew about zis Princess Molly that I know. She vear many fine jewels und she arches her eye like no one else und she has an impressive bosom. Ja, ja. But zat is not all zat there is to dis princess....

If you take the ferry across the Zuider Zee to the northern province of Friesland, you will land at a small town called Stavoren. Today it is little more than a ferry landing, a brief stop in the journey north. You’d never guess this was once one of the great port cities of Europe.

Yet so it was, many centuries ago. And so it might be still, if not for the choice made by a lady.

Read zee rest of zee story here dahlink...

4 comments:

Miss Molly Manglewood said...

EVA WILL YOU GO STEADY WITH MEEEEE??!?

Eva the Deadbeat said...

YES PLEASE and then can we dump a lot of wheat in Lake Champlaaaaaaaaain!!!!??

Miss Molly Manglewood said...

YES except then it will magically turn into bud light instead of growing up and swamping boats. And we can swim and drink and swim with Marcel until our livers explode.

Eva the Deadbeat said...

YEEEES, an ocean of Bud Light! Then we can sink to the bottom of the sea and chill with the mermaids and Marcel will bake us fish pie while the mermen massage our aching feet!