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

Trip to Amsterdam

On Easter Monday we made the three hour drive to Amsterdam. Mia has never been there and the weather forecast looked really good with lots if sun. On Mia's wish list was a visit to the Van Gogh museum for which it is very difficult to get tickets - but with some luck we could snap up some in a one minute window at 5 pm the evening before when some extra tickets became available online.

Two of our favorite pictures -  the sun eset one is from Paul Signac shown in a special exhibition called Yellow - Van Gogh's favorite color

One of his many self portraits

The architecture of the museum was also impressive

One of Van Gogh's last paintings: Almond Blossoms - a present for his brother for the birth of his son

After the museum we headed to the busy Vondelpark nearby - next to a very fancy neighborhood

Then for dinner we looked for a Chinese restaurant in the center not far from the main train statio

 

Back to our hotel  at the outskirts of Amsterdam with the very modern metro.