Adventuring Abroad: The Netherlands: Keukenhof Gardens

A bucket list item for me has been to see the tulips of Holland -- so visiting Keukenhof Gardens was the main inspiration for our trip to the Netherlands. We went on a Sunday, and it was fairly busy and became more so as the day went on. As it turns out, we were a bit early to see the majority of the tulip fields in full bloom -- but we did see plenty of them, and loved seeing all the crocus, daffodil, and hyacinth showing off as well.

The park is quite large -- we definitely didn't get to cover it all. Some highlights included: climbing up a windmill for a view over tulip fields (largely unbloomed at this time in the season, but a few patches of color here and there), smelling the delicious hyacinth, seeing such an array of colors of the hyacinth and crocus blooms, posing Charlotte and her friend Auri in giant wooden shoes, and seeing all the orchids and tulips blooming within some of the larger "houses" on the campus of the gardens. By mid-afternoon, Charlotte was starting to get extremely grumpy with lack of napping, so we headed back to Noordwijk. Enjoy the beautiful colors of these flowers!!