April 27th marked Koningsdag, or King's Day. The monarch's birthday is a national holiday in the Netherlands, and changes with the head of state.
I went to the nearby Jumbo in the morning in hopes that there might be orange tompouce to be found. Sadly, there was not - as we already tried the original, I went for the lime and apple one. It was sadly not as good as the original.
We started our day late and just wandered around the streets of Amsterdam.
We got more frites at a street market - Joppie and Oorlog!
The streets of Amsterdam were mostly closed to cars, bicycles, and public transit. It was an ensuing madness of people drinking, dancing, screaming, and wearing orange.
I did manage to find some orange tompouce at an Albert Heijn... but it was so disappointing that I rather not talk about it.
One of my fondest memories during this entire trip was the jolly atmosphere of the Dutch dancing in the streets to Geef mij maar Amsterdam.
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