Today is Koninginnedag (Queen's Day), one of the official national holiday here in Holland. The present queen now is Queen Beatrix who's birthday every 31st of January. But she chooses to keep on the Koninginnedag or Queen's Day every 30th of April which is her mother's birthday Queen Juliana.
Normally, it's always a big feast here in Holland. The Royal family walks in some places and went on parade... Earlier, while I'm watching live on TV, the Dutch Royal family in the bus for a parade, an accident happen when suddenly a car drives to spectators and bumped into the monument, his intention was to bump his car into Dutch Royal family while having their parade. The bus was not hit but it's sad that there are some injured and 6 watchers died... It's really sad. Before it happened, I was so excited to go to out and to go to vrijmarkt (freemarket), it's once a year only on Queen's day that people are allowed to sell their old things in the street.... And normally, it's like an "Orange Craze", they wear their orange clothes in combination with orange hat or any orange ornament they can wear...
Anyway, we still went to freemarket, I still let my daughter to wear her orange t-shirt... But it's not anymore as festive, as i've seen in past years Queen's day... I even forgot to make photos when we walk in the freemarket, I just remember to make a photo when we are about to go home as you can see in the photo....
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