Dutch ceremony

Today, back in London, we attended the naturalisation ceremony which made Lyn a Dutch citizen!
As the embassy is being renovated, the ceremony took place at the residence of the ambassador, which is right next to the Royal Albert Hall, in Exhibition Road. Handy when the ambassador wants to go to a concert I guess and also within walking distance of the embassy where he obviously works (I dont know if ambassadors walk to work or if they are too important for that!).
First the ambassador gave a speech about what it means to have Dutch citizenship, beyond just having the passport. Then each of the 8 new citizens had to promise that they would obey the Dutch constitution and perform the duties required by the constitution and laws of the country. They got their certificate and a book about Dutch history.

Here is Lyn, being congratulated by the ambassador:

As we keft, the ambassador's wife gave us a bunch of flowers (orange tulips), which we think were left over from a function last night (possible the celebration of the queen's official birthday which is on Monday).

Outside the residence after the ceremony.

On Tuesday we will go to apply for Lyn's new passport. That should take about 2 weeks to arrive. We will then return to Onbekommerd as soon as possible, she is waiting patiently for us in Monnickendam.

In the meantime, there will only be blogposts when there is someting significant to report.