Love 'em, Nathan. Guess I wasn't around when you posted these before. Or, if I
was, I was absent that day. Good feel for the event. Up close and personal. And
a high señorita count. Who could ask for anything more. I am wondering, though,
how my old hometown in North Carolina would react to having one of those public
urinals on Maine Street. <snicker>
--Bob
On Apr 29, 2012, at 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.
--
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