Fun in the Sun, Sand, and …Bananas?!?
So, when you think of the beach, what comes to mind? The rolling ocean waves? Warm sand under your feet? “She sells seashells by the seashore?” How about bananas? Well, maybe in a fruity drink with an umbrella… but actual bunches of bananas on the beach?!? NO WAY!
Well, it happened. Terschelling Island is about 70 miles north of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Earlier this month, the breaking news was “FREE BANANAS… HEAD OUT TO THE BEACH!!” Apparently, several containers full of bananas fell off a carog ship that found itself in a storm offshore. The containers burst open and thousands of bananas washed up onto the shores of the Dutch North Sea islands. It made for a pretty comical picture…
Beachcombers came to gather up the goodies, but were disappointed, since bananas were the least of the treasures usually found on the beach!! A year ago, due to the same kind of accident, tennis shoes, aluminum briefcases and children’s toys washed ashore!
A shipping official at the local lighthouse said of the bananas, “I think everybody on the island has a bunch now!”
Is maith liom bananai! (I love bananas!)
Katie
