After my trip to Portugal a week ago, I am definitely in the “spring is coming” kind of mood. Not even the traces of snow when I got back to a cold and white Amsterdam could change that. Snow time is gone, I say bring on spring!
Thinking about springtime in the Netherlands, one of the first things that comes to mind is Keukenhof. There’s nothing more emblematic of the Dutch spring than the tulip fields. This park is not only surrounded by them, but it creates its own flower fields too — all varieties of tulips as well as other spring flowers, plus indoor exhibitions of orchids, lilies and many more. The park will open its gates on March 23 (in 2017) and, for two months, this will be one of most photographed places in the world. This doesn’t come as a surprise for me, since every time I visited I came back with tons of pictures.
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To see what’s waiting for you there, here are a few pictures:
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We just too a trip to Portugal and we are also looking forward to the tulips. My mother-in-law is coming to visit for the first time since we moved here (last July) and we hope Keukenhof is ablaze with color despite the ongoing cold weather.
I think it will be gorgeous, as always!