Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Dutch tulips!!

ever since we are back in the netherlands, i have been wanting to go to the flower fields. as we hardly had any winter, and quite some warm days in march and april, the flowers are blooming a bit sooner than planned. to see flowers, you can of course visit the "keukenhof", the largest flower garden in the world. i guess thats something most dutch never did (at least i didnt). each year its only open for 8 weeks, and about 100.000 people visit it each week (!!). we are still dutch, so an entrance fee of 15 euros (about 21 dollars) is too much if you can just walk along a sea of flowers for free.....
here, we probably were the only dutch, and also the only ones that did not enter the flower beds. the sign was so cute, how could you disobey that?! there were so many fields, and just this one tiny sign at the start....

3 comments:

Jack said...

I envy your ability to see the tulip fields of the Netherlands so easily. This image is nice, with the sharp focus on the sign and the near tulips and the blurring in the background.

biebkriebels said...

You went into the North-East Polder? I have never been in the Keukenhof either, to crowded I think.
http://www.tulpen.nl/nl/Tulpenroute_in_de_Noordoostpolder
This is a nice link and not so crowded, but maybe you have been there already. Love those fields full of tulips.

Kay said...

That's expensive! There are two businesses in our Skagit Valley growing area that charge entrance fees to their manicured gardens - US $5 per person. But the acres and acres of fields are all open and available for viewing.