Thanks for looking. I have selective vision :-)
Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA
On Apr 29, 2012, at 8:10 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Thanks for the tour. It seems there were more girls back then. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 4/29/2012 10:43 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> Of all the countries in which I have lived (seven at last count), the
>> Netherlands has the fewest public holidays. So the few that there
>> are, are even more appreciated. And among the nicest ones is
>> tomorrow, April 30th, Queen's Day. As far as I know, it was the
>> previous queen's birthday. The current queen Beatrix's birthday is in
>> the autumn, but she wisely chose to stick with the April 30th date.
>>
>> The Queens Day traditions involve outdoor markets, and outdoor eating
>> and drinking and partying, lots of it, preferably in silly orange
>> outfits. Of course, spring in NW Europe being what it is, the weather
>> is not always conducive to outdoor partying. But one of the years I
>> lived there, 2005, we got especially lucky with the weather:
>>
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com/indexqueen.html
>>
>> I wish all my Dutch friends on both lists that tomorrow's weather is
>> as nice as 7 years ago and that you all have a great Koninginendag.
>>
>> Groetjes, Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK:
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog:
>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>>
>>
>> YNWA
>>
>>
>>
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