Saturday, April 30, 2005

Queen's Day in Amsterdam

It is not what I expected. The Queen's Day is a party day...but it is also a city-wide garage sale day. People would camp overnight like going to some Star Wars film, just to get a good spot to sell their stuff. If you know your vintage antiques, you can find some good gem. I saw lots of very old European stuff that I would love to own, but in no way be willing to lug it back to the States.
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Queen's Day in Amsterdam

What you see is that lots of people wear the color orange. This is because the royal family is from the 'House of Oranje'. On this particular day, in addition to the Holland national flag, you will also see a small orange flag.
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People Dressed in Orange

After a long day of sale, it is tradition for people to spend all the money they have earned on a nice dinner. Thus, most of the restaurant were packed. However, I did find a restaurant that had open tables. A very yuppy place...but the crowd was great. Food was also quite good and not too pricey.

1 Comments:

Blogger Sheta said...

Glad to hear from you after you take off. :P

Hope to see your photos very soon.

10:04 AM  

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