She who will not be ignored...

Hubs and I went to Breda a few weekends ago for their "Hop On/Hop Off Beer and Food Truck Festival". Don't ask me why "Hop On/Hop Off" was included in the title because the entire event took place in an ice rink.

Inside the festival

It was a fun event, albeit a little pricey. You purchased tokens that looked like poker chips which were used to pay for the food and beer. There was no discount for bulk chip purchases. But, the beer and the food were good, and we weren't going to be driving so there wasn't that worry. We would've made it home with TWO tasting glasses, but, alas, I dropped one while waiting for the bus to take us back to the train station. (I may or may not have been a little tipsy at the time)

Words to live by!

None of the above is really relevant to this blog, other than to explain why we were in Breda.

There were several chickens and roosters roaming free in the park near the train station

Shuttle buses had been set up to take participants to/from the train station and the event. Hubs and I were standing on the bus platform at the train station waiting to board one of the shuttle buses when a woman walked up to hubs and said something to him in Dutch. I was completely oblivious to the fact that someone was attempting to talk to hubs. Now... it's not uncommon to have people come up and beg for money. It's not an every day occurrence, but it has happened a few times. With that thought in mind, and since he can't understand much Dutch, hubs ignored the woman.

Being ignored did NOT sit well with the woman AT ALL. She switched to English but spoke in such a tone as to imply "How dare you ignore me!". She wanted to know something about the buses, and 2 gentlemen standing behind us ended up answering her. Now, these 2 men appeared to speak Dutch so I'm not sure why they didn't answer her to begin with. Either way... don't ignore the Dutch cuz they are not afraid to bite your head off.