Dutch Celebration
In honor of the birthday of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (that’s her on the left), the Dutch Association of Central Florida had a celebration in Winter Park! I thought, since Rob’s over there right now, I’m going to check out this celebration. Since I didn’t get to go to the Netherlands with him maybe I’d get a little taste of it here in Florida.
So I went this afternoon and it was a little celebration. But still tons of people wearing orange, which is the custom, and tons of orange balloons. (I almost felt like I was at Clemson tailgating.) I had a cream puff, which was good but not sure if it is a traditional Dutch dessert. I bought a big bouquet of beautiful tulips! (So hard to find here.) I saw people dressed in traditional Dutch clothing. Lot’s of people speaking Dutch. And I stood in line for about 30 minute for Poffertjes. I got to know the lady in front of me pretty well.
Would I stand in line that long again? Oh yeah! The Poffertjes were really good. Next time I’ll know to buy more than 1 serving. They are kind of like little mini pancakes, but much better. But you can check out the link for yourself. The recipe is on there.
Check out Rob’s post on his first day in the Netherlands.
I think it’s funny and cool we both took part in a celebration we knew nothing about in two different countries!
BTW, it’s not the current Queen’s b-day. It’s her mom’s. They created “Queens Day” to honor the queen and picked her b-day during her reign. When the current queen took over, she decided to keep it the same day. Guess it’s kinda like President’s Day for us…no one specifically that day, but in general.
Comment by rob — May 1, 2006 @ 2:07 am
How do you hear about this stuff?!?!?! Where in Winter Park?
That sounds like fun!
Comment by karin — May 1, 2006 @ 6:28 am
I saw signs posted everywhere in Winter Park. I would have invited you but I didn’t know if you’d enjoy stuff like this.
Comment by patricia — May 1, 2006 @ 1:16 pm
when i was living in venezuela, we took a visa renewal trip to aruba. our flight got delayed because the Queen of the Netherlands was there, boarding her private jet just as our flight was about to board. so my team got to see all the fanfare through the gate windows. it was kind of cool:)
Comment by annette — May 1, 2006 @ 6:30 pm
Yeah, that would be cool! You were close to royalty!
Comment by patricia — May 1, 2006 @ 6:50 pm
I met your husband in the Internet Ministry meeting and found out about your websites.
So cool to see both of you are really into this Dutch thing! To make it even more complicated: normally Queens’ Day is on April 30rd, but this year it was on April 29 because the 30rd was a Sunday. Special request by a Christian Reformed political party…
Comment by Mark de Boer — May 4, 2006 @ 2:10 pm
Mark, I love learning about and experiencing different cultures. I’ve always wanted to go to the Netherlands. Hopefully, one day!
Comment by patricia — May 4, 2006 @ 2:53 pm
Patricia, anytime! If you’re able, a ticket to Amsterdam is all you need
Did Rob make it home safely?
Comment by Mark de Boer — May 5, 2006 @ 9:26 am
Mark, yup, I’m home! I posted about that on our main site: orangejack.com.
Comment by rob — May 5, 2006 @ 3:23 pm
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