As you will see from these pictures, this year was so cold and wet that the trees were still bare and there weren't many tulips. There were lots of other flowers though, and the next posting will take you inside the greenhouses.
To try to avoid the crowds, we went the Monday after the Saturday Bloemencorso and amazingly, we got there before lunch. There weren't very many cars parked yet, but if you click on this picture you may be able to see that they are from a variety of countries, just in this little group of 4.
This is the entrance we were directed to.
There are lots of languages on this picture. I'm pointing to English.
The gardens are enormous with lots of paths. We did not walk on all of them, although I would have if... There were a few tulips blooming.
This shows the bare trees.
Gotta love those early blooming hyacinths.
And daffodils.
More tulips here.
And Trout on his side. If any of you have an answer for this, please let me know. Until my postings from the last couple of days, I had never had this issue before.
Now with your head back upright, enjoy the gardens.
As you now know from the pictures before, some tulips were blooming. However, someone had the great idea to create huge tulips with other flowers.
These pictures show some bloomers and some not quite ready.
Some trees were getting the idea.
As were some other tulips.
I loved these ones, even though they are very short.
By the time we had lunch, visited the greenhouses and were ready to leave, more people had arrived.
Trout loved the daffodils in these pictures.
As we walked to our car, we noticed a group of Americans on a bike tour. Here are some of them crossing the road as we were driving.
Keukenhof has several snack bars and restaurants. We chose one of the restaurants about an hour into our visit. The food was excellent. It was a chilly day in spite of the sunshine, but we sat outside with most of the people there anyway.
