There's not a lot to write about...so you can just browse our gazillion pictures of flowers. Here, though, is Mike posing reluctantly for me in an oversized pair of wooden shoes. I am actually surprised I got him to do this!
The weather was really strange the day we went to Keukenhof, first it was a beautiful day, then it snowed, and then we had blue sky again for a bit. By our pictures, you would have thought we were there two different days!The weather has been so cold that most of the flowers have not bloomed, but we still got some pretty pictures of tulips, hyacinths, crocus and daffodils. Poor little flowers, they were trying SO hard to bloom! It just wasn't warm enough for most of them.
Most of the garden still looked this (yes, it is snowing):
But some of it looked like this! 
They also had some pavilions where flowers were growing inside; like these gorgeous orchids, tulips and freesias: 
Everybody knows that tulips come from Holland, right!? ....wrong. Actually, Tulips are native to Central Asia and Turkey. In the 16th Century they were brought to Holland from Turkey, and quickly became widely popular. They became so popular, that "Tulipmania" occurred in Holland in the 17th century. People traded tulip bulbs for literally a fortune, some bulbs cost more than an Amsterdam house at the time.
Last, but not least, there was a transplanted windmill at Keukenhof, with a MUCH smaller ladder than the one at Zaanse Schans. So, I was brave and went up. 
Mike joined me, and we coerced someone to take our picture. You can tell it's COLD because Mike has a hat and gloves on!
Here is a photo of a field of daffodils that Mike took from the top of the windmill. I imagine that by the end of April, all the fields will be filled with color.
Next stop on our journey is Haarlem, and the Corrie Ten Boom Museum.
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