It was my first weekend in Netherlands and my husband decided to take me to the 'World of Tulips' --- The Keukenhof Garden. It is situated at 'Lisse, Holland'. If you want detailed information, you can also visit the website : www.keukenhof.nl
It is open between March to May each year according to Tulip's season.There are two ways to reach the Keukenhof, either from Leiden station or Schiphol Airport. Come out of the station and catch the direct bus. Bus number 54 from Leiden station and bus number 58 from Schiphol station.
On Saturday morning, we started our small one day trip to Keukenhof from Utrecht station. We went to Schiphol first by train and later by bus up to the Keukenhof gate. The day was cloudy with a speedy wind, as usual very cold. You won't believe, I really had worn 6-8 clothes one on other to protect myself from cold wind.. which turned to make me look 'fat' in all my snaps :(
As soon as we entered the garden, we became stand stilled by seeing the beautiful flower arrangements in the garden. It was just like someone had spread colours on Canvas and all those colours had come together to form a beautiful painting no one had ever seen before...... It was awesome.....
Different colour shades ranging from Red, Yellow, Blue, Purple, Dark chocolaty to Faint Pink, Light Blue etc.. etc... Not even possible to express some colours.....
The Garden was presented to visitors with an amazing aesthetic sense and unimaginable shapes and shades... The garden had an elegant way in which flowers were planted. This year theme was from Russia with love. Every year theme changes.
The garden is very huge and you easily spend 7-8 hours only by exploring new and different arrangements in the garden. Awesome combinations and shapes.....
The garden also has Restaurants, Coffee shops, General shops where you can sit calmly, get relaxed and recall all the beautiful colours in your mind.... take a break and again start exploring and enjoying ......
In the Centre of the garden, you can enjoy the scenery of small lake in which swans and ducks enjoy the sunshine. At one end you find the fountains surrounded by small pond. Fountains really play nice and fascinating theme.....
As you move forward, you come across to ' Bhul - Bhulaiya' :), made up of plant fencing.... As you go on and on, you reach to the entrance only .......but what about the exit ?????????? very hard to find and reach …...
One part of the garden, the old fashioned 'Wind mill' is situated.... beautifully built and maintained..... We all know that The Netherlands is the pioneer of the wind-mills. The Wind-mill is open from inside and anyone can go inside and upstairs to see the ultimate and fascinating view of the garden from height... Some volunteers also dance underneath the wind-mill to entertain visitors... You also find shop near as well as inside it... small shoes made up of china clay or wood .. speciality of Holland.. and garden greeting cards, gift articles etc etc... It is the best place of shopping for all visitors..... and place for relaxation......
The time passes away and you never come to know how you reach to end point of the garden... the ‘exit’... Each moment you spend in enjoying the flowers,colours, arrangements, fountains, lake, windmill and blah... blah... blah... !!!!
You always return with a colourful unforgettable memories of Keukenhof.....
By the 5.30 pm, we also ended our trip to Keukenhof with lots of enjoyment and excitement.... After getting out off the garden, we both became quiet and started ignoring each others existance….just not wanted to come out of the Keukenhof ..... the silence took hold of the situation slowly.. left us unknowing to the fact..... alone with unforgettable memories of world of heaven ... :)
Enjoy the Keukenhof once in a life time ...... keep living and enjoying :) :) :)
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