Well, actually it isn’t! Her birthday is January 31st, but we celebrate her birthday on April 30th! Huh……hold on, hold on, today is April 29th, isn’t it? Yes it is and still we celebrated a birthday that isn’t actually a birthday……..tssk, how confusing :) Yeah we Dutch people are very confusing (and confused ;))! Anyway today was Queen’s day (Koninginnedag) in the Netherlands and it is probably one of the weirdest celebrations we have. On the other hand some people might suggest that Gay pride Amsterdam, with the almost naked people on boats in the canals, is the weirdest celebration of them all.
I usually spent Queens’s day in Amsterdam or Utrecht because they know how to throw a party but this year I wasn’t able to go, so I went to a local free market (people set up stalls at the roadside to sell second hand toys, clothing and household goods - usually stuff you threw away years ago) and saw some unknown bands perform live. So no big fancy Queen’s day for me this year but still it was a lot of fun. And it is not over yet! It isn’t? No, it’s not! We just have one more tradition to look forward to…….to mark the end of the celebrations there is going to be a big fireworks display :) Woo hoo!
Have a great weekend (or what is left of it)!
Well, actually it isn’t! Her birthday is January 31st, but we celebrate her birthday on April 30th! Huh……hold on, hold on, today is April 29th, isn’t it? Yes it is and still we celebrated a birthday that isn’t actually a birthday……..tssk, how confusing :) Yeah we Dutch people are very confusing (and confused ;))! Anyway today was Queen’s day (Koninginnedag) in the 
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Hmmm..an "open air party" type of thing? Sounds fun!
Do you wear orange?
Yo Queen..happy b'day
It is fun Kayla :)
And NO I don't wear orange, the collor clashes with my complexion ;)
Happy Queen's Day - if it's any consolation, the British are just as bad as regards separating the celebrations from the actual date, one reason being that then you don't need to change the date of the celebrations when the monarch changes (another being that the real birthday might be in dank November or February, or on an inconvenient day like 1 January). We don't have street parties except for jubilees, but there is some sort of celebration in July this year for Lizzie's 80th birthday - but her real one was on 21 April.
Yeah, I saw some footage of Lizzie’s B-day “party” on TV, Qaminante. It looked like she had a blast ;) I was actually amazed by the fact that she has two birthdays an actual birthday and an official birthday. Strange people those royals :)
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