Keukenhof Lisse

I needed to sleep before attempting to write this blog - I wish I could articulate what it was like to visit a disneyland floral fantasy! Keukenhof has been voted best spring garden in the world several times and well deserved.

The season is a bit late due to the horrible winter but we were lucky to see the first blooms outside and the …

Keukenhof was the last destination of my last full day in Holland. I was excited to see tulips as it always reminded me of my mum who loves flowers. We went very early in the morning, though of course not on schedule (a common classic problem when travelling with Indonesians), to take a three hours drive to Keukenhof. Naturally I slept all the way …

After a long to-and-fro about whether to go to see the tulip festival, we decided at the last moment we would go! Made some rush bookings, which meant our flights cost a little bit more than they had to [but not that much more]. Left on Friday afternoon at four, and got to Leiden by 10pm – airport transfer from Schiphol and time difference …

The word for the day is WINDY. 17-20 knot sustained winds, gusting to 30. Sunny and mid-50s, but still chilly with that howling wind. Landed at Schiphol about 30 minutes early, so no complaints. Note: if you want to use the automated train ticket kiosks, better have a credit card with a chip/pin! After a trip to the ticket counter, on to Leiden to …

Our home in Amsterdam is awesome! First of all, it is located on a canal. Our canal intersects with the canal Anne Frank's house is on about four meters from our front door and is four 'blocks' down from that famous address. Secondly, it is a canal house. It has the narrowest spiral staircase possible. Basically, the central spire is a hollowed out …

After landing at Schipol Airport, and a quick metro ride followed by a scenic bus ride, we arrived, exhausted, at our beach front hotel - The Grand Hotel Huis Ter Duin - where we fell asleep shortly thereafter and slept for a solid 12 hours.

Woke up refreshed and ready for the day. A fabulous breakfast at the hotel to start our morning …

Back in Holland to see my new born nephew Kevin... And being it the flower season, a good time to show Paula De Keukenhof. …

Amsterdam was the first stop on the European leg of my trip. I haven't spent much time in Europe and am super excited to spend six weeks bouncing around different countries, riding trains, eating delicious food and experiencing spring in Europe. It randomly happened that Chelsea, a friend of mine from Smith, who lives in Northern Ireland, was also …

Much earlier start to the day and after breakfast and making lunch we take the train to Leiden (this is becoming very familiar by now!). Last night we became worried about the trip tomorrow as we would be packing up a possibly wet tent and carrying our big packs in a rush hour train into Leiden so we thought about spending the night in a hotel near …

When I was a kid Amsterdam was in Holland - now it's called the Netherlands. A trip to Amsterdam starts out like a multi-modal experience; plane, train, tram, bus, boat, taxi, and if you're brave and not laden down with 40 pounds of cameras, maybe even a bike. We managed 6 of the 7. It seemed to be enough.

Amsterdam allows you to …

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... at this point, I was beginning to get rather queasy at the mere sight of cheese), we finally set off for Lisse where the Keukenhof is located. The Keukenhof is an absolutely gorgeous celebration of flowers of all sorts - daffodils, hyacinths, flowering ...

The Keukenhof is a 79 acre wooded public garden park set up as a showcase for bulb-growers with over 6 million flowers on display.  The flower fields can be seen around the edges of the park and from the ...

... day that Pantea's Dad Bahman, arrived we took a trip to Keukenhof Gardens which is the world's largest botanical garden, located in Lisse, Netherlands.  We thought this would be a good activity to help fight jet lag and we were happy that the plan ...

... thinking about my GPS, I just keep driving. I actually end up in Keukenhofmolen, which is where I want to go anyway. I see the signs for Keukenhof, which is the Park with 17 acres of Tulips. I am so excited. This is like a dream ! I spot a gas station, ...

Flowers, flowers.... and more flowers.... how awesome is that ! ...

This weekend was the Keukenhof (The Netherlands/Holland) tulip/flower parade.  It is a once a year event where there is a display of beautiful flowers with an annual theme.  This year the theme was "musicals".  We took Sophie and Bailey ...

... blame me if I can sleep in every moving transportation, it's just the way my body works!  Before arriving to Keukenhof, you could already see tulips grown on the side of the roads making some spectacular colour combinations, but unfortunately I ...

The world's largest flower garden & knows as 'Garden of Europe'... it was so beautiful here, specially those tulip fields surrounding ...

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