They buy lots of wine and beers! Bien sûr!
Monday, 26 May 2008
Thursday, 1 May 2008
The Netherlands trip, Apr 2008 - Keukenhof (1)
Keukenhof is a 70-acre showcase of the Dutch flower industry and it is one of the most popular tourist attraction in the Netherlands.Every Spring, thousands of visitors flock to Keukenhof to see the flowers. According to the official website for the Keukenhof Park, there are approximately 7,000,000 flower bulbs planted annually at the park.
The colours of the flowers are brilliant. It offers excellent photo opportunities. SP went crazy with photographs and we have a great time strolling around the garden.
The flowers don't actually last that long. It takes lots of gardeners to maintain the 70-acre land!
Heart-shaped flowers!
The red tulips are very eye-catching!
A whole field of tulips
We visited on a Sunday and the garden was filled with many many families. The kids are generally not "flower friendly". We saw some kids pulling flowers out or squashing them with their hands. The organiser appears to have anticipated that and they have arranged some farm animals to go 'on show'. I guess it's a good way to keep the little ones entertained!
chicken-on-the-run. They are funny to watch!
A couple of blond Dutch girls milking a goat....
while the kid watched in horror. "What are you going to do to my dinner?"
I have to confess that I stole part of the kid's food!For more information:
Official website
http://www.keukenhof.nl/
Holland is famous for its flowers, namely the tulips (which actually came from Turkey) and March to May is the tulip season in the Netherlands. More specifically, the best time to visit Keukenhof is in the last half of April, when you're likely to catch all Spring flowers blooming at once.
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