Our 13 Euro Day

Queen's Day was last week, April 30th. It's a day of heavy drinking, wearing orange, and the Dutch-version of garage sales. Since we don't drink and we don't have much orange, we decided to try out the garage sale part of Queen's Day. Let's just say the Dutch-version of garage sales isn't much different than the U.S.-version. Although to me it seemed like they had more junk than you usually see in the U.S. There was one family that was trying to sell VHS tapes. Who still has a VHS player??? Anyhow, kind of humorous. We actually attempted selling some pretty good items. That may be why we didn't have much success. I wasn't willing to sell the 100 euro humidifier for 5 euros. Sorry folks! Anyhow, we spent about an hour on the morning of Queen's Day trying to sell some of our things, and we ended up making a whooping 13 euros. We sold 4 items. Not the biggest money-making day, but we made something on things we probably would have just thrown away.

Another use for the double stroller - hauling stuff over to town center:

About halfway through our selling adventure:
We by far had the least amount of items. Some people just pulled up with trailers and unloaded all of their junk. Supposedly this goes on all day. But I wasn't willing to sit around all day. Thirteen euros in one hour, isn't too bad... Anyhow, if you're interested in knowing exactly what the Queen's Day holiday is, click here.