Monday, April 27, 2015

Kings day 2015

Today it's King's day! We used to have Queen's day, which sounds nicer I think, but now we have a king, it's changed to King's day. It's a fun day and a national day off. The weather was great and Simone, the kids and I went in to town. We parked close to the ferry and worked our way in to town from there.

Our destination was Vondelpark. It's insanely busy everywhere in town today but this park is family-orientated. You see less alcohol abuse here which makes for a nicer atmosphere.

Simone and I, photographed by Milan.

The canals were full with little boats.

There's a "free market" on today meaning anybody can sell whatever they want where they like. Loads of people empty their attic this way. Some are a bit more professional.

It gets very busy along these canals. Sometimes a little bit too busy...

But everything went well and we had a fun day.

Late afternoon we got back on our side of the water. We had walked for nearly six hours straight and the kids didn't complain once. That can only mean they were enjoying themselves which makes me very happy :-)

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