Today is a scheduled day off. So we slept in and watched the action of King’s Day on the canal out our window. Orange is the color for King’s Day. Some people dressed in orange. Sometimes a hat (like a derby) or pants or nice suit jacket. Sometime head to toe orange.
There are plenty of private boats on the canal today and most of the passengers are standing (to fit more people), drinking and playing loud music. Dancing just a little and singing the words to the popular songs they know.
Out in the main streets and squares, stages are set up, kids sell swap meet stuff on a tarp on the ground, and there are funny little games to play. There are orange hats, scarves, and crowns. Street vendors sell food - cotton candy, pretzels, and hot dogs. We went out to see the festivities and to get lunch. No bands were playing yet, but DJs were spinning tunes.
We ate at Bake My Day. I ordered a chicken club and Pat a grilled cheese with ham. When they came I switched with Pat, because it was so tall I couldn't get it in my mouth it was so big. The grilled cheese was great and Pat took home half of the chicken club.
We walked by more vendors out to the Amstel River and watched the boats. Lots of boats here. At our place it's one or two boats every ten to fifteen minutes. Here, it’s at least 8 boats all the time. We are in a smaller canal and the Amstel is the major river; it's much wider.
Walking back, we grabbed a cheese and ham pretzel for dinner.
Back at the canal house we watched the canal party and watched a little TV coverage on it. One channel had a camera in Dam Square that panned back and forth across the square. Another channel was visiting different sites and following the King and his family.
After a while we turned off the sound and just left the picture on. Pat worked on the blog. I've been good about getting it done every day. I hope I can keep up; I hate getting behind.
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