Happy Birthday Beatrix!

Yesterday was Queen's Day here in the Netherlands. Beatrix, from the royal House of Orange, celebrated 28 years of being queen. To celebrate, the entire country fills the streets and parties for 24 hours. The Dutch are nuts! Today I described the event as 'drunken orange people'. I spent the crazy day naturally in the craziest place in Holland - Amsterdam. Streets were completely filled with orange and there were djs and concerts everywhere. Queen's Day is also the one day of year that there are open markets in the streets. It was quite the experience indeed.

Beatrix herself!...on tv. The whole royal family visited two cities in Friesland for the big event.

Like I said, streets filled with 'drunken orange people'!

Party boat coming through

Lydia, me, and Marieke. Yes, even the American sported some orange...Marieke.

Forgot for a moment how fun it can be carrying your home on your back. It was great to be on the road and in a big city again. Like every big city, there were some random and surreal moments. People-watching was at its finest.

What I was pointing to in the last photo - prime example of random and surreal moment