German American Friendship Festival

The family of friends of Mia took her along to the German American Friendship at the outskirts of Heidelberg

Adelboden

 Of course the snow didn't stay for long and there was sun on the last day

Winter in May

 Because of an cold spell the trip to the Swiss Alps turned out to be a bit like a winter vacation 

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Still the could do ssome hiking lateer

Trip to GS Chalet in Adelboden

Like four years ago the Heidelberg went for a trip to the Girl Scout Chalet in Adelboden, Switzerland. This time they went by min van and not by train. Of course man pictures were taken before the group took of

 

 They arrived in the afternoon

Evening Walk in Amsterdam

After a quick dinner we went back to the center of town for a evening walk along the canals - it was well worth it and one of the highlights of the trip

Day 3 in Amsterdam

 We started our last full day in Amsterdam with a stop at a bubble tea store that we also now from China

Then we checked out the street market that was about flowers the Bloemenarkt where we could have bought tulip bulbs

We had to rush to get to the boat tour of the canals we had booked earlier in the day - but we made it

After the cruise we took the metro to another famous market the Cuyp market the largest and most famous of Amsterdam’s many outdoor markets which stretched for about a kilometer

 Mia tried some waffles

Then we were off by metro and train to Zaandam just outside Amsterdam to see some interesting architecture 

 

For lunch we stopped at a famous indoor eating place - Foodhallen - but it was a bit too touristy and crowded for us

Keukenhof

The second item on Mia's list of places to see was the Keukenhof which is only open two months a year when the tulips are in bloom. The place is about one hour west of Amsterdam and we booked a tour that includes the transfer by bus. The weather was beautiful and so were all the flowers

 

One could take literally take hundreds of pictures

 

Of course everybody else was taking pictures as well:

Outside the park there are tulip fields:

 On the way back we could see some of the modern architecture along the highways