Flowers, flowers everywhere!

First stop: Keukenhof!


We bought a ticket for 19€ at the tourist information centre in Amsterdam (near Amsterdam Centraal, the central station) which included the bus ride from Leidseplein (a square in Amsterdam) to Keukenhof (and back, of course) and the garden entrance fee (the entrance fee alone is 13.50€). We had to take the tram (or walk) to Leidseplein on our own and take a bus to Schipol airport, then another bus from Schipol to Keukenhof.

There are already a lot of photos of this garden all over the internet, so I shall only put photos with me in them! (this way they'll be unique :P)



There was a big pair of wooden shoes on one of the garden lanes, and this giant one in a square:

Is it just me or does it look like we're driving?

Unfortunately it was quite cold while we were there (it was especially because of the wind). But it was quite sunny, so the photos came out okay :) At one time when it started getting warmer, we spotted an ice-cream stand and decided to get ourselves some Swirls. I don't know if they have it elsewhere; it's ice cream with fruit pieces (really chunks of fruit!) and topping that they swirl to mix it all up.

Me and my Swirl

I asked to add the topping (20 cents only) after the waitress had swirled it, so when she said she had to swirl it again, I told her there was no need. After all, it looks nice on top as well ;)

But, after eating the ice-cream, it wasn't so sunny any more and we started feeling cold again...so we pretty much welcomed the opportunity to go into the greenhouses! (at least I think they're greenhouses; they aren't green but it's indoors)

There was this living room setting where we can take photos...turns out that there is from Holland with love written at the back. I didn't notice it until my friend told me...


And to wrap up this post, here are some more flowers!