Saturday, August 2, 2008

Day 51: Amsterdam Gay Pride Parade

Today I attended the Amsterdam Gay Pride Parade. Generally parades are held on roads, but since it's Amsterdam, it was held on the canals. For my first gay pride parade, I was quite impressed. Especially by the number of people who turned out. It was almost impossible to find a place to watch the parade from. The sides of the canals, and the bridges crossing them were packed with people. The parade was full of colourful boats full of colourful people.
Yours truly, with the parade in the background:

The most colourful boat:
This one was interesting:

Some leather:


The Westerkerk looming over the parade:
After the parade, all those who had been watching the parade on their boats headed home:

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hehe, yah, too bad I missed this one.. :)