May 5th

WRITTEN MAY6th 8:15
May 5th Events

We woke up, got out of bed, went downstairs and ate some breakfast then piled into the bus. We were off to the main celebration for the liberation of the Netherlands, but first we were going to see the Royal palace. I didn’t know what the palace would be like but I kind of had an idea in my head, when we got there I realized it wasn’t much like the one I had thought up, but still very cool.



Sadly we didn’t have enough time to actually go into the building because we first went into the gardens and lost track of time then had to be back at the bus, it was very unfortunate but at least the gardens were beautiful.









After the palace we drove to the celebration, it was crazy there was so many people there! The streets were blocked off and full of bodies. We went for our lunch which was suppose to represent what the soldiers ate in the war it was instant heat up rice, apple juice and an apple surprisingly it wasn’t all bad. We then had some free time to look around where I got some cool pictures and saw a group of military soldiers holding rifles, not sure if they were loaded or just for show though.










We then were to wait for the parade to start, our flag that we had mad was going to be in the parade along with each other schools flag. Originally I wasn’t going to be in the parade but then I was asked if I wanted t o walk with them and take photos, so I said yes and I am so happy I did. The parade was simply incredible, I don’t know how to say how amazing it was. The streets were filled with people, our director said there would be some sixty thousand people at the parade! Everyone was cheering us on and yelling Canada and even singing our anthem! They really appreciate everything Canada has done and they are very passionate about it. For the whole walk I couldn’t stop smiling as we handed out pins and gave little children high fives and singing with the people. Just amazing.













It took awhile to get out of there as you can imagine but we managed. Then headed back to our hotel for dinner and to have some time to relax. Flipping through the channels on the tv we found STAR WARS. I was pretty excited, then we went to bed and that leads me to now on the bus heading to Amsterdam, everyone is asleep except me and Yohan, who is our driver, he is pretty much the best guy ever! Perhaps its time to take a nap, until tomorro