"Amsterdam, Netherlands" Tbassplayer's photos around Amsterdam, Netherlands
A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Amsterdam, Netherlands by TravelPod blogger Tbassplayer titled "Amsterdam, Netherlands" Tbassplayer's travel blog entry: "Day 62 -On our way to the Netherlands today, Jens had to travel on the slow regional trains because it's the least expensive. Karla and I could wait for two hours, then take the ICE train and still get there before him. We thanked our hosts and departed Germany. I was very happy with my experience. Today is Queens Day in the Netherlands, which means that everyone dresses up in Orange and gets smashed in the streets. The queen's birthday is sort of like St. Paddy's day is to Ireland, just substitute Orange for Green and there you go. Our host here would be a mutual fiend of Jens and Rachel (Karla's old roommate in Eugene). Systke met us in Utrecht about 3:00pm, she lives in Amsterdam but was escaping the city for the day because everything was so crazy that it was impossible to get anywhere or do anything. We walked around Utrecht a bit, I have been here before when I came to the Netherlands last so it was neat to see the city transformed for Queens day. Many people were dressed in orange, some with orange hats or orange feather boas. Parades of boats drove back and forth in the c****s and all over the city music was bumping and people were dancing. Normally drinking isn't allowed in the streets in the Netherlands, but Queen's Day is one exception. The holiday was started by the mother of the current ...
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