On Orange Day, the day Queen Beatrix celebrates her birthday, Lisa and I (Monique) were guests of our host Frits and Janny at a reception honoring Delft residents who received a national service award. Yanny had received the award two years earlier. We briefly chatted with the Mayor of Delft, G.A.A. Verkerk (pictured with us), and mingled with long time residents of this historical community. Interesting note, the royal family's official resting place in Nieuwe Kerek (New Church) in Delft. The mayor has the important task of annually inspecting the graves. Lisa and I were curious when he did these inspections, but he laughed and said, "that is my secret, the reporters would love to know".
We spent the next few hours exploring Delft and soaking up the excitement of Orange Day. There were so many people out along the canals enjoying the day. At times it was scary because the canals that run in the middle of the streets have no guard rails, and I feared someone would fall in at any minute. No one else seemed worried though, I guess falling in would be apart of the fun.
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