Bloom Bloom Spring

Our Sunday drive brought us to the tulip fields about 15 minute drive from our home. This is where the Kuekenhof, the famous flower garden, is located.
http://www.keukenhof.nl/nm/english.html

But one could just drive around the countryside to enjoy the beautiful sceneries of growing tulips, laid down like very large colourful carpets. The weather has been poor this early spring so the tulips have not bloom properly. This place will change dramatically in the next few weeks. The scenery will be breathtaking and unbelievably beautiful.

Even today, many people were already on their bikes, carrying small rations with them, to cycle around the countryside and enjoy the sunshine and the weather. Every now and then one could see cyclists taking a break on the roadsides and having coffee and biscuits or sandwich, olds and young alike. One thing quite familiar is the number of German cars and buses around this area. This place does attract quite alot of them - literally millions during the growing season.

Today was full of sunshine but quite deceiving if you were in-door. The temperature actually hovered around 6 to 8 degrees C, still quite cold indeed. Right now at night the temperature has dropped to 2 degrees C. Looking at the forecast, the next few days will start to warm up and T-shirt weather hopefully will just be round the corner.