St Martin
This was Sophie's entry for the St Martin sugarbeet sculpting contest - St Martin himself !
Every entrant wins a €5 note and some sweets. We went straight to Picwic (toy shop) and I walked all round the shop so she could look at all the prices and see what cost something with a 5 or less on it. She opted for a Charoltte aux Fraises (Strawberry Shortcake) sticker album and stickers and was well chuffed !
He looks a bit drunk but the song says he was having a booze-up in the local pub which was why he lost his donkey ! (I told you the story last year - he asked the local children to help him look in the dunes, they followed the trail of donkey poo and to thank them, he turned the poo into "volaaren", little bread rolls, which are given out (with sweets) at the end of the torchlit procession ... complete with St Martin and a real live donkey!)
