Day 3:The Great Flower Show

Today checked off an item on Ann's Bucket List...tulips in bloom in Holland. Spectacular is not a big enough word for how impressive the flower fields are.  We visited Keukenhof (The Kitchen Garden) which is said to be the "most beautiful spring garden in the world".  I think our photos will tell the whole story. It only lasts for 8 weeks out of the year and we saw the garden in full bloom.  It was a spectacular setting.

After the flower show our guide took us to (1) a cheese factory; (2) a wooden shoe factory; and (3) an operating windmill.  For the rest of the afternoon we were involved in a party because today is the King's birthday.  This is the year's biggest celebration in the Netherlands...it rivals the 4th of July in the US.  The city of Amsterdam shuts down to all traffic so as not to interfere with the party.

Note: Ann bought some walking shoes for the trip.  Today both soles started to come off.  Did you ever try to buy Crazy Glue in Amsterdam?...well you can't.  Reese Witherspoon, in the movie "Wild",

Flower fields

Selfe

gave us our solution...duct tape on black walking shoes...it works.