Today was a fun day. As you see from the title it
was King's Day, which could be compared to our Fourth of July. It is the
biggest holiday in the Netherlands and it seems like the whole country turns
orange and red, white and blue (the color orange comes from the name of the
Dutch royal house: The House of Orange-Nassau. It is always celebrated on The
King's birthday.
The King and Queen of the Netherlands |
Flag of the Netherlands |
So this morning, at 9:00 all of us left to go to downtown Ede to celebrate. Pretty much every town and village has a flea market on King’s day where anyone can come and bring their stuff to sell, and as you see in the pictures one person’s junk is another’s treasure.
The kids had a blast and spent all their pocket money.
Tired but happy with all our purchases we came back home around 2:00 in the afternoon and had tea and coffee with the traditional Dutch “Tompoes” (pastry).
Lois and her Dad contemplating a purchase. "But Dad, I really want it!"
We had an enjoyable lunch at the Oscar Cafe in downtown Ede.
Lois was really pleased that she got two bottles of soda.
Sanne-Joy was proud of her remote powered robot, a big bag of "gold" coins and a pirate's hideout Playmobil toy.
Very cool stuff for an eight year old.
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