queen's day 2006

queen's day weekend in amsterdam....somehow brought forward by a day so people wouldn't be too tired at work on monday (?!?)....national day of orange, drunken, flea market celebrations :) this year somehow felt more relaxed and less busy than the previous year...so dresssed in the two pieces of orange clothing that i own i wandered the streets of the Jordaan, looking for flea market bargains (bag, candle holder, oil burner, CD and picnic blanket for EUR10), having a drink or two and listening to live music...and seeing some interesting sites along the way....here in photos are: Dutch version of a family sedan; dedication to Princess Maxima the size of a 5 storey building and one of the cute kids who also had a stall on the day, part of the Dutch entrepreneurship development program for youth ;)