For someone who makes a special trip to the Netherlands, nominally timed to the investiture of a new monarch; for someone who has always been a fan of regalia; for someone who enjoys a costumed parade of nations as much as the next person — you'd think I'd at least get to the Dam on time.
I did not. I missed it, if only by 30 seconds.
Last week I was in the Netherlands, visiting friends and hoping to take in some of the street theater and pageantry that went along with the abdication of Queen Beatrix and the elevation of her oldest son, the new King Willem-Alexander. But a late start from my hotel — not to mention streets clogged with thousands of orange-clad Dutch — left me 500 feet short of the sightline I traveled so far to see. The royals stopped their waving and left their balcony just before I fought my way through to Dam Square.
So I, like, millions of other fans of royal fanfare (I assume there are millions), was reduced to an online roundup of the festivities.
At first I dove into the official royal Web site, hoping to catch up — and hoping there were English translations. And there were, in places.
But when in the Netherlands, you really try to absorb at least some Dutch. Here, for those who do not subscribe to De Telegraaf, the best of what I missed, in a photo gallery (don't be intimidated by the Dutch text).
I feel as if I were there.
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