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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer
I've decided that I'm going to the Keukenhof (flower show) on my own this year. Before I went with my sister. I love her very much but not only do I need a day out by myself, she wants to keep going all day, hardly taking time to have lunch. I like to wander around, take it easy, maybe find a nice bench to relax (with my Kindle) for a little bit and then wander on again.
It's still four and a half weeks before they open and I still have to decide when I want to go; I don't want to go early because a lot of flowers aren't in bloom yet, too late and a lot are out of bloom and I also want to avoid very busy days. |
I'm jealous! I remember going to Holland when I was a child, right in the middle of the flower festival season. Huge advertising billboards made completely from flower petals, fields of tulips everywhere I looked, in every color of the rainbow. And the smells... oh, the fragrance of tulips is still one of my favorites, and when I smell them elsewhere, the memory brings me right back to Mrs. Tinghoos's (sp?) Guest House, the place we stayed the first time I visited. God only knows how I can remember her name... You are soooo lucky to live in the area!
Stitchawl