Crazy weather of Netherlands

Yesterday morning my bedroom window gave me a good news. I didn't even have to open the curtains to judge the weather outside, as rays of bright sunshine passed through my thin curtains to wake me up. Koninginnedag brought along a lovely weather to Netherlands. It was the first time I took my baby outside without any jacket or sweater, and my husband was sweating even in his cotton shirt. I associated high hopes for the coming week, thinking how good it would be if the weather continues to be like this.
However, my joy was extremely short lived, as this morning I was woken up by a huge thunder. Rain poured down all my dreams of enjoying the nice weather.
Today I will again have to go out with jackets and rain coats. :(

Fijne Koninginnedag (Happy Queen's Day)

Today Amsterdam was painted orange in celebration of the queen's birthday. Everyone wore some piece of orange clothing or accessory to show their Dutchism or just to join in the fun! Groups of fun-loving youngsters dressed up similarly crazy were headed towards Central Amsterdam to party on the roads, streets, parks, canals - basically everywhere.
Vondel Park and many other parks and roads in every locality were laden with free markets - people selling their second hand items, a tradition of Konininnedag.
Last year I witnessed all of this, but this year our Queen's Day was spent at a friend's house, celebrating her son's first birthday. We still got to see alot of orange-ness on our way, but unfortunately we couldn't be a part of it, because our party clothes were not orange.
Even though our celebration had nothing to do with the queen we still had cake and some nice barbeque. Hence, a holiday spent nicely.
Definitely a fijne koninginnedag!