John’s phone reminded us that on this day last year we were in shorts and t-shirts, walking the Catalan coast under a cloudless blue sky. In contrast this year we are bundled up in four layers, complete with woolly hats and gloves.
Today we re-visited the Keukenhof. There was a lovely ride from Niuew Vennop, on dedicated cycle routes, passing some amazing houses and through the numerous tulip fields.
We made the mistake of booking morning tickets, completely forgetting the best time to visit, was early afternoon after the coach parties had gone. The place was heaving and it took a while to get used to how incredibly busy it was.
The displays were amazing, certainly there was more colour than our previous trip in March 2022 and we’ll let the photos speak for themselves.
We left mid afternoon for a coffee stop in Lisse, before heading back to our hotel. The park may have been full of people but that was nothing compared to the traffic jams outside. Cars were queuing to get into and out of the park, were we feeling smug as we cycled past them? Of course we were! And became even smugger when we left Lisse during the school run. Cars in traffic jams weren’t a problem but don’t ever try and take on a Dutch schoolchild on a bike, they are fast and fearless.
Our quote of the day? We offered to take a group photo for a group of young women. “Thank you but no. More people, less tulips’ was the reply which rather summed up our day. There were far more tulips to see, a shame about those pesky people in the way.
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