This week we've been enjoying the company of Erika's dad, Jack, and his girlfriend, Jan. On their second day in town, we headed back to the Keukenhof to take in the tulips and take advantage of the amazing weather. What a difference a couple of weeks makes. While the tulips were in full bloom when Rob's parents were in town, they were almost completely gone from the fields when Erika's parents arrived. The garden was still almost completely full, but a small army of gardeners were pulling the heads off the tulips and trimming the stems, leaving little plots of petal-less stems mixed in with the other flowers.
Despite the pruning, the garden was still quite beautiful and we enjoyed a long walk through the flowers and statues and Erika and Jan even walked on water.
We ended the visit with a trip to the Belgian waffle cart, which was alone worth the price of admission. So if you want to catch the tulips next year, plan your visit before the middle of May and you can get your fill of tulips (or Belgian waffles) before they're all gone.
No comments:
Post a Comment