Gay, gay, gay, gay.....Everywhere!!!! - August 05, 2006

Welcome to Amsterdam!!!

What a day to visit....

We arrived via intercity train that cost 45 Euros for return tickets for both of us.

From Centraal Station, we decided to take a stroll to the Anne Frank house.

The walk was lovely and pleasant.

This house is a museum where a 13 year old Jewish girl, Anne Frank and her family hid in a secret area within her father's office in Amsterdam during the Second World War from the Nazis. They stayed there from 1942 till 1944 and she kept her daily dairy. (something like blogging lah...).

Until one day someone betrayed them and all of them were rounded up to Austerwitz prison. Only her father survived. Anne Frank died 1 month before the war end due to typhus fever. Her diary was found, compiled and published by her father. The house is now converted into a museum and it was worth the long queue for the tickets.

Meanwhile, the canal in front of the house was jam packed with people and boat parades with loud music was going on.

It was THE GAY PRIDE AMSTERDAM 2006.

Gays....everywhere...

www.gayprideamsterdam.nl