This weekend was Wouter’s grandmother’s 92nd birthday. We celebrated with his mother’s whole family. She was one of 8 children so, as you can imagine, the party filled an entire hall– certainly, including children, the party topped 80! It was heel gezellig, although I had a little trouble remembering all the names! Next to the party [...]
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Wouter meets an alpaca
Posted in Adventures, Parties, tagged alpaca, kinderboerderij, spit on 6 June 2010 | Leave a Comment »
All hail the queen! (Koninginnedag 2010)
Posted in Adventures, Friends, Locals, Neighborhood, Parties, People, Sights on 7 May 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last Friday the 30th was Koninginnedag (Queen’s Day), the Dutch national day. It is celebrated every year in honor of the queen’s birthday… well, actually the queen’s mother’s birthday. One the first acts of the current queen, Beatrix, when she was crowned was to declare that Koninginnedag would remain on April 30th to honor her [...]
