Keukenhof Gardens, Netherlands

Keukenhof is the world's largest flower garden located near Lisse in the Netherlands. Approximately 7 million flower bulbs are planted annually in the park. It is a splendid display of variety and color, and walking through these grounds totally refreshed our souls. God is sure a good artist!

Amazing Amsterdam

Amsterdam is a bustling city of bicycles, crowds, and cars. It was a holiday, so busier than usual, and if you took a misstep into the street without looking, you would be a goner. We hung on tightly to each other.

This man was making wooden shoes on the square.

 We found a beautiful church, Nieuwe Kerk, and attended it for a while. 

Amsterdam is so magnificent, because of all the wonderful waterways that wind throughout the city.

Exquisite Netherlands

We had two holidays bookending a weekend, so most of the senior missionary couples headed out of town to the Netherlands. Bob, knowing how to make me very, very happy, headed toward the blustery seaside town of Zandvoort.

I must say that I was absolutely in Heaven when we got to the sea. It was a cold and windy spring day and overcast when we first arrived. But just for our visit, the skies cleared, the wind abated, and the sun shone down in all of its glory. 

The wide and empty beach of fine sand was much like the sand of the South Bay in California. Being up on the cliff reminded me of overlooking Redondo Beach but much windier and colder.

The beach houses were fabulous. . .

and I discovered a quaint street with a darling shop while Bob looked for birds on the beach.

Truly in Heaven!

We left Heaven and drove toward Zuid-Hennemerland National Park. Along the way we saw this cool sculpture and this large tree off in the distance that we were to discover was not a tree at all, but the way that they camoflauge their utility poles.

The dunes were so usual with their sunken spots, as the land is all below sea level.

 Zuid-Hennemerland National Park where the bathrooms have a better view than most five star hotels.