Last week, on monday, we celebrated King's Day in the Netherlands. The King's birthday is april 27th and is a national holiday. Each year a different city is hosting a party that's attended by the King and his family. Festivities throughout the whole country include flea markets and concerts. Most people dress up in orange (our national colour) and lots of us eat '
tompoucen'. Previous King's Day posts are
here and
here.
After skipping the flea market last year, I decided to go again this year, who knows what kind of treasuries where waiting to be discovered! I woke up pretty early (for a holiday), filled my pockets with small change, took my camera and wheeled off to the park. Treasuries? Not so much. Entertaining? Yes!
Loved these big metal letters
The annual flea market is the perfect place to get rid of collections that were
coveted in the past, like these eggholders
and these cars
I even spotted some streetart!
I ended up with a vintage childrens' bible (for the pretty and colourful illustrations)
and an old enamel coffee cup, that might end up as a pencil holder, or a plant pot.
And I regretted not buying this puzzle with super cool drawings
After the flea market I had lunch with granny and mom, who both like cheese as much as I do!
And after lunch I watched the festivities visited by the King and his family. Doesn't the Queen look gorgeous? Her cape is supposedly by Zara, I love the fact that she doesn't exclusively wear designer clothes.
Fun in the park, don't we look just like the King and Queen?