It's that special time of year when I begin having a nervous breakdown in my attempt to depart for my other life as a European tour guide. Part of my annual pre-departure ritual involves sifting through the pile of crap that's been sitting on my bedroom floor since I returned to Seattle after last fall's tours and emptied out my backpack.
Yesterday I stumbled upon a brochure I picked up last year for the "Kerk van Kaas" or "Church of Cheese" in Edam, the Netherlands. This is not just any church of cheese. No! This is, the brochure brags in six languages, the "biggest church of cheese" in the world -- a 1:10 scale replica of an actual church.
I have several concerns about this. What happens when it's hot out? Does the church melt? Do they have problems with rodents? And why did they build it out of Edam cheese instead of Swiss? A Swiss cheese church would be holier.
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