Today, we wanted to go look at a digital piano up in Appeldorn and thought since we were more than half way there, we may as well go on up to Enter (yes, that is the name of the town) to the Clompenmuseum . (It took Alyna a while to figure out why all the souvenirs in the gift shop said Enter on them.)The museum was just a little three room afair, with one of them being the gift shop, but it had an amazing collection of wooden shoes. We watched a video of how they were made by hand, although most of the shoes today are made with some sorts of electric machines. It was very interesting and fun to see all the different designs and styles.
Afterward, we stopped at a house with a big wooden shoe out front and even though it was late on a Saturday afternoon, the clompen master let us go into his work room and look around and then he took us up to the loft were all the finished shoes were kept and we bought a variety of shoes, scraping up all the cash the three of us had in our wallets. (Actually, Alyna forgot and left hers at home but luckily we had just enough with a few cents left over for how much they cost. It was so interesting to actually be in the work area where the shoes were made and painted.
I keep my eyes open for cute wooden shoes of all sizes. The only places I've seen them is in souvenir shops or farm stores. It's kind of funny to think of going into a Cal Ranch or IFA and find a big wall of wooden shoes but that's who wears them the most.
We made one another stop on the way home to the toy museum. We got there 10 minutes before closing time. They didn't want to let us in because they didn't think we could go through it in 10 minutes but we, did with a minute or two to spare! It was really fun to see because it brought back lots of old memories. There were a lot of toys and games I either remembered playing with when I was young. Who remember Tiddley Winks or Barbies first pink convertible car of the doll where you push the button on it's back and the hair grows? some of them also reminded me of games and toys that were at my grandparents homes. Alyna thought that maybe I hadn't ought to admit such things as it makes me seem really old.
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I guess i did say something sort of like that... what i actually said was "Does it make you feel old to have your old toys in a museum?"
Hi Annette - so glad to read about your holidays. I was missing hearing from you and then I remembered your blog and I got caught up with all you are doing!! You are amazing and inspiring. The Thanksgiving meal looked great and you are a miracle worker. Go girl go. I am looking forward to seeing you soon!!
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