The event had been keenly anticipated since it was announced in January. The 30th April has been the day of the Queens's birthday celebrations since 1948, so it was a rather fitting date to do the succession ceremony as well. The whole country was decked in orange, our national colour and there were festivities everywhere. We went to a local restaurant to see the official events which took place in Amsterdam on a big screen. During the day, we also walked around the village of West Terschelling and took some pictures:
The flag plus orange streamer were flying from the 'Brandaris'.
No, kids' life jackets are always orange, this was not for the occasion!
The entrance to the restaurant where we watched.
You get 'Oranjebitter' with your coffee!
Orange, wherever you look.
If you own a full set of signal flags, you can 'dress' your ship. It's called 'pavoiseren' in Dutch.
We plan to leave here around 8am tomorrow morning to return to the mainland on the incoming tide. The weather forecast is good, so we look forward to a nice trip over het Wad.
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