Our last blog entry was about St.George’s Day here at the hostel. It’s England’s official non-holiday and a pretty good excuse for a party and a visit to an English styled public house.
The Dutch, not to be outdone celebrated “Queen’s Day” here at the hostel. I guess you might say that it is the official non-holiday of the Netherlands.
Our Dutch guests (and there are a lot of them in Toronto hostels in the summer) dressed in orange and played party games while copious amounts of beer flowed.
I can’t go into detailed descriptions of he games that were played without earning this blog an “X” rating. Suffice to say that they were a little risque and a lot of fun.
Now I had never heard of Queen’s Day before last night so it’s possible that our Dutch guests are just having us on and there is no such thing in the Netherlands.
It really was quite a mid-week party so it’s liable to become a Canadiana Hostel tradition even if it were just made up bu a bunch of Dutch travelers looking for an excuse to party.
Wouter (on right) Dutch party organizer NOT wearing orange!
