We decided to head up to Holland to welcome Mom back from her travels and as Wednesday was a public holiday here in Germany we decided to make it a long weekend. After we had booked our train, the Queen announced her abdication and they decided to inaugurate the new King on the 30th April. With history in the making it was an opportunity not to be missed and as neither Linda (our neighbor from the UK) nor her friend Vicky (from Stuttgart) had been to Holland, we all decided to go up together.
The weekend started rather tamely when we met Christiaan and his girlfriend in Amsterdam on Sunday afternoon. But, alas, it all went a bit pear shaped on Queen's day when we thought 'oh, well, if you cant beat them, join them....'
We have been to many Queen's days and it never ceases to amaze me how incredibly mad everyone goes - especially when the weather is so good (around 15 degrees but more importantly, no rain).
We also managed to squeeze in some fantastic bike rides to Egmond an Zee, Alkmaar (for a spot of shopping...) and Bergen. Because of the long cold winter, the tulips were just blooming so we got to cycle past some beautiful scenery.
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