The Netherlands -- Day Two

Day Two: Thursday, 29 April
We got up on Thursday and the boys had Lucky Charms and Froot Loops for breakfast.  We normally only buy Cheerios and other healthy cereals but when we are on vacation we let the boys pick junk cereals as something of a treat.  Sadly, I forgot to photograph the sugar-coated puffs of sugar so you'll have to use your imagination.

I forgot to mention in yesterday's installment that our long-time friends the Greens (who rather randomly moved to Wiesbaden two weeks after we did last summer) came with us to the Netherlands.  They had a separate trailer at the same Eurocamp site so we got to see them a lot while we were on vacation.  Our two families left around 9:30 Thursday morning for the twenty minute drive to the Keukenhof gardens.  We passed some fields of tulips on the way there.

I could smell the flowers as soon as we got to the parking lot.  We had a short walk to the ticket counter and after paying the price of admission, we wandered around the park taking photos and enjoying the absolutely beautiful weather -- temperatures in the upper 60s and only a few clouds in the sky.

Unfortunately, the Daffodils were mostly done for the season.

Fortunately, there were still plenty of tulips to see:

Lunch time...

The boys liked getting lost in the maze.

Not sure what this thing is called. Who can give me a name?

The theme this year was "From Russia With Love". Here is a replica of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow.

On the way home, all of the children fell asleep.

One of the major attractions at this particular Eurocamp location is that people staying in the trailers get free admission to the adjacent amusement park.  The boys loved going to the rides in the afternoons.  Here is a view of the campgrounds from the Ferris Wheel.

Playing on the trampolines:

The big slide was lots of fun.

We ate dinner at the trailer and then for dessert, we had stroopwafels from the local grocery store.

It wasn't long before the ducks came back to ask for one of their own.

Thursday night brought rain and a cold front. On Friday, we had to alter our plans a bit. I will explain next time...