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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