Eindhoven Day 2

Trip Day 3 - November 1st - Eindhoven Day 2

This was day 1 of the Pinball competition and I was scheduled for 7 PM so had some time.

I thought I had lost my orange sneakers and you know I can't stand a mismatch of colors plus I wanted to buy a European plug nightlight. I had looked on prior days with my drivers but couldn't find any. Then I saw that Eindhoven had an IKEA and I knew where to go. After IKEA, I went into the center of Eindhoven to the main shopping street. I bought a pair of shoes and though they were orange, they were tight and I got blisters. I gave them to the housekeeping folks the next morning. There are some other pics of Eindhoven here.

Afterwards, I went into the main entrance of the Dutch Pinball Open (around the building), but eventually they let us walk through the hotel as it got colder.  

This was the first qualifying round of pinball for the big tournament. There were 6 groups of 12 or 13 and there would be 2 the next day, but you could only sign up for one. I finished second last, not my best showing, but it was great fun and the folks were so nice.