Gay Pride Amsterdam 2013

Vi havde læst, at paraden ville starte klokken 14:00, så vi planlagde at smutte fra Amersfoort så vi ville være i Amsterdam en time inden, for at få en god plads, men fordi vi kom for sent ud af huset, kom vi der til tiden. Jeg vil råde alle til at tage afsted så i er der klokken 10:00. Paraden vare 4 timer, og det er bare en stor fest, men festen er fedest når der ingen mennesker er foran dig. Da vi kom der var der sort af mennesker ved lige nøjagtig denne kanal. Til sidst endte vi med, at blive på samme plads, og folk foran os blev trætte af min skubben for at komme frem af for at tage billeder, at de flyttede sig, så vi faktisk kom helt yderst, Amalie og jeg, og jeg lever jer for det var noget af en oplevelse. 

Der kom nogen og 70 både forbi os, og de var pyntet med alt mellem himmel og jord. På hver eneste båd var der kæmpe fest, og alle på bådene blev endnu vildere når vi, publikum, vinkede til dem, sang med på de sange de spillede eller dansede med og piftede af dem. Der var både med Captain Morgan tema, Bondage tema, Ørenrenser tema, Homolulu tema og... Jeg kunne blive ved.

* The day before Gay Pride Parade we checked when the parade was going to start which was at 2PM. We planned to jump on the train to be in Amsterdam an hour before to get a great place where we could see everything but because of a late departure from the house we arrived in Amsterdam at 2PM. If you are going to the Parade next year arrive at 10:00. The parade lasts 4 hours and it is one big parteeey but the party is the best in front row! When we arrived at the canal you could not see a thing for all those people. We ended up staying at one place and we got lucky after an hour or something, probably because my camera was in the face of the people in front of us, and we ended up in the front row Amalie and me. I tell you it is amazing to be at the canal watching all the boats floating by you. 

There is about 70 boats floating in the canal and they are all decked with crazy colors, balloons and dancing, dressed people. The people on the boats go even wilder when we, the audience, wave at them, sing along their songs or whistled at them. There were themes like Captain Morgan, Bondage, Homolulu.. I could keep on.

Jeg endte op med 1230 billeder fra dagen, selv efter at have slettet nogen. Det var helt vildt, og virkelig fedt at opleve! Alle er farverige, alle typer er ude denne dag og alle nyder bare at være afsted, og sådan burde det jo være til så stor en fest som denne!

* I ended up with 1230 pictures even after I deleted some of them. The day.. The arrangement was absolutly crazy, beautiful and totally worth it. It is an unforgettable experience! Everyone is colorful, everyone different expose them selfs and everyone enjoys every single minute of the parade and that is how it should be, right?

 Over and out