In August 2012 I visit a wonderful exhibition in Garderen, near Apeldoorn in The Netherlands. The yearly ‘t Veluws Zandsculpturenfestijn could be visited inside and outside the statue garden until 27 October 2012. The theme for 2012 was the history of the Dutch Royal House, so for royalty watchers it was absolutely a delight to visit. There were tens of gorgeous and big sand sculptures of family members from William the Silent to Princess Ariane, and even some of the palaces were created out of sand.
Apart from that also Koninklijke Appels 2012 was shown. Lots of huge one metre high “apples”, and some smaller ones, with royal decoration, and they were absolutely wonderful. One could not only recognise the present-day royals like Queen Beatrix, the Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima, the Princesses Amalia, Alexia and Ariane, but also Dutch royals from the past.
