I can't believe this

Queen's day is supposed to be fun. Preferable nice weather, sitting on a terras with a cold drink, just seeing people walk by. Visiting the markets where little children are selling their old toys to get a little money to buy new toys. That's our tradition. It's also tradition that our Royal Family visits one or two towns in Holland. This year was no different.....at first.

Because it became drama this year. Queen's Day will probably never be the same again. Some kind of idiot drove right through people who were watching the Royal Family when they went by in the bus. The exact "why" is not known, but the first rumours are that the driver drove the exact same route the Royal Family drove. Unfortunately, there are two persons dead, probably more even.....

Normally I am proud of my country during this day. Maybe I am reacting emotional now, but I love Holland. It's one big party on a day like this and nothing big ever happened before. And then one person who ruins everything.....for everybody. It was such a nice day today.....but this flag has to be halfway up now.



* Edit 19.30 hrs: I have been watching the news all afternoon. At this moment 4 persons are killed in this accident and 5 persons are severely injured. The police has reasons to believe it wasn't an accident, but an attack on the Royal family. If you see the coverage of what happened it stays in your head. People laying all over the road, seeing CPR, really tough. I admit I have been crying a few tears about this. If this has so much impact on me, how is it for people who actually saw this happen "live" and the children who were there. Too hard to understand. I need to write this down. I am sorry...it helps me cooping with this.