Today we have a guest post from Keith Jenkins, a writer living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Queen’s Day
The birthday of the Netherlands’ Queen Beatrix is celebrated each year on the 30th of April. It’s not Queen Beatrix’s actual date of birth but her grandmother’s. Queen’s Day is characterized by a multitude of outdoor activities. Recognizing this, two queens in succession decreed that Queen’s Day should continue to be celebrated on 30th April due to the warmer weather in April.
This is the only day of the year that anyone is allowed to open a street stall and sell anything they want …read more

August 12 is a national holiday in Thailand. It’s Queens Day as well as mother’s day, a day that celebrates the birth of the country’s Queen Sirikit Kitiyakara (pictured above) as well as mothers throughout Thailand.
Queen Sirikit is a much-loved sovereign in this constitutional monarch and the wife of King Rama IX. This will be her 76th birthday.