Where it all began...Amsterdam

Well it really begain in Montréal, but the weather was so awful awful I refuse to accept that.

Getting to Holland was truly horrid, I am sure you don't want to here but there were rain clouds, very dense one all the way from Zürich to Frankfurt, then on to Amsterdam. On the first flight one such cloud bump, actually two of them had the cabin crew hanging on to the back of passengers seats... So I doped myself up after that flight, as we had to do another!

One full day in Amsterdam, and apart from shopping for a few things, I spent most of my time time getting too and going around Keukenhof. Keukenhof park is open only a few weeks of the year, so it's a big draw.

If you are into flowers, spring bulbs etc. Keukenhof is basically plant pornography. Literally a feast for the eyeballs, beautiful colour.

The bulb fields alas were starting to be cleared, there were one or two lines of colour... There is a small period every year where a huge area of Holland is completely covered in bright blooms. This is the tail end of it.













The pic above in Keukenhof castle











A big part of the Dutch economy is flowers, as seen here...








The lilliput tulips below are cute





There was a time in history when the world was so taken with Dutch tulips, the bulbs were used as currency.... But that quickly fell apart, you can grown your own...





Amsterdam I have bored you with city pics many times, like at the beginning of this blog, and the last one.... I even have four pulped mangoes in plastic drink bags....just like before. Who ever would have thought pulped mangoes and Amsterdam went so well together....











But whilst women winking in red light windows and going shopping at the flower market has its charms.... It's still a little more restful in the park - oh hang on, that's not true! The photos here show only a few people, THIS PARK ATTRACTS HORDES!


But back to my little hotel room, and the sound of this trickling brook and all is well :)


Only one more stop and then it's all over... The fat lady is filling her lungs up to start singing... It's kind of sad, but it's life.

Off to the airport tomorrow with my 15 ton bag! We'll see if they let me on the plane :) Oh, and no space cake, not one!

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Location:Amsterdam, Netherlands.