How is the #fediverse doing this Saturday night?

@Gina watching the Dutch National Ballet’s event online. Interesting variety! How are you doing?

@ajmartinez oh that sounds fancy. I'm watching 'Ik Vertrek' (“I Leave”), about dutchies moving abroad to start a new life. Generally the format is that they buy a dump in France, Italy or Spain, start a B&B with zero experience and then finish plastering the walls an hour before the guests arrive. Brilliant tv.

@Gina nice, enjoy! I don’t know if there’s an HGTV-like channel here but this sounds like the sort of show that would be on it. Do the people on the show also have completely ridiculous background but a budget equivalent to a small country?

@ajmartinez haha of course, he is a recreational basketweaving instructor while she is a parttime doggy pilates teacher. Together they buy a mansion in Spain and completely renovate it for double the amount of money and time estimated.

@Gina haha yes, that’s exactly the format I was thinking. He’s a dedicated volunteer olliebollen taster, and she’s a part time sunbathing coach. They’re looking for a small fixer upper and have a target budget of €9M.... Then in the end they pick a castle on a 15K km^2 estate with a river, lake, and old growth forest. It came in slightly above budget at €210M but the dungeon really matched their aesthetic and they just had to have it.