If you are over the age of 70, you will love this post. If you are younger, you may get bored. I'm warning you now, there are a lot of pictures of flowers. So many, in fact, that it deserved an entire post.
The Keukenhof Flower Gardens are seriously unbelievable. I can totally understand why people plan their entire vacation around it.
It.Is.Gorgeous.
So many flowers, and so many fun things for the kids to do. They fed swans, we went on a boat ride through the tulip fields, there are playgrounds throughout, windmills, garden mazes...
and flowers.
We spent about 7 hours there! We were one of the first ones to arrive (before the crowds), so I was able to get some pictures without a thousand tourist in them!
These are just a few of my favorite flowers, there are so many different colors and types. By the end of the day, we would walk by a field full of gorgeous flowers, but if they were "just" normal single colored and regular style, we caught ourselves saying"these are just yellow, or these are just red." We got spoiled by all the exotic ones they have!
These were Micah's favorite (above). They were pretty awesome. He really enjoyed the Keukenhof and I let him practice his photography skills while we were there. Dudi took the younger kids to the playground for a while so that Micah and I could take pics. After a few pointers and tips, Micah was doing great!
Most of the gardens are outdoors.
But some of the rare types are kept inside a huge greenhouse.
This was a fun bridge! Some German speaking older women walked by and started saying how dangerous it was! I guess I'm just a bad mom, but I figure, if it was THAT dangerous, they wouldn't have it up! Asher looks like he's enjoying it!
I thought these flowers were so cool. The bloom grows upside down (below).
Of course the day was filled with pit stops. These waffles are the best!
The pictures don't do it justice. It was fabulous and soooo glad I had a chance to go!
3 comments:
The pictures are so amazing, Mary. I can't even imagine how vibrant and gorgeous it must be in person.
Micah did a great job taking pictures! I love the one of you and Dudi. Is that a braid in your hair or is it a headband? You look fabulous (like always ☺)
Absolutely breathtaking!
Sweet pictures!----I could almost 'smell' everyone. :)
And you know, the funny thing about that garden is that it never changes! It looks exactly the same as it did when Dan and I breathtakingly wandered through it with SJ back in April of 2000 [we'd just picked her up from her BYU semester of study abroad]. Thanks for sharing! It's great to be able to notice even the suttle differences in the children as they grow. Jude's changing fast.
p.s. Remember where you two 'parents' were that April month in 2000? I do, very well! Dudi was abroad also, just on a different foreign continent. And Mary was back home in TN.
Memories, memories. :)
love, marcia ( MJ..mom)
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