On the 9th of May Mette Mei Vrasdonk was born. Monique and Michiel, congratulations!!!!

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Last Thursday it was time for another Queensday! Queensday may be Hollands most favorite holiday. Everybody goes out, most dressed in orange (our national color), and parties, strolls around the city, visits the flea markets which take place everywhere, or just chills. All in all, it’s a great day!

This year, however, some idiot decided it was a good idea to drive through the crowd with his car and try and hit the royal family (which were parading in an open bus at the time). Fortunately he didn’t succeed in hitting the royal family, however, he did hit various people in the crowd along the way. Several people were heavily injured or deceased from the impact. The driver didn’t survive himself, so figuring out why he did what he did is up to the experts I guess.

As a result, lots of festivities around the country were canceled or toned down. In Amsterdam, our mayor decided that all parties should continue as planned, except for the largest party taking place at Museumplein every year (about 80.000 people attending), that one was ended earlier than normal after which the people slowly made their way home.

Me and my friends went to celebrate the queen lived! And ended up partying at the europarking lot near Elandsgracht. There was an excellent techno party going on there which was very fun, though a little bit crowded. Afterward we strolled down to the Westerstraat where we were mainly busy trying to find other people, after which we had some dinner in a local snackbar. Some of us went to Stevens after party, but I decided against it (since Steven lives on the exact opposite of town) and went home instead.

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Although the start of the day was a bit whack, it turned out to be a very nice Queensday after all and me and my friends had a blast!