Tulip time

Saturday, May 5

A day at Keukenhof. Weather is beautiful. We head to the Rijksmuseum where we pick up some sandwiches and also catch the tram to the airport. There is a long line of people getting on the Keukenhof express bus but we arrive around 12:30. The place is gorgeous. Easy to lose yourself in fields of color. We eat our sandwiches on a bench and keep exploring. There are pavilions with special displays that we barely saw. Eventually we run into our Indian friends. It's good to catch up. Finally it is time to head back. Easily done. We get back to town at 6:30. A very full day. This has truly been a highlight of the trip. So glad we found out about this jewel of the Netherlands!

Time for dinner. We hit one of the Argentinean steak houses a short walk from our place. There are quite a few restaurants on the street with lots of people eating outdoors. We have a liter of house red, some garlic bread, ribs, and a ribeye steak, along with some grilled veggies. It is all pretty tasty and a nice change of pace. After dinner we turn the corner and walk down a street that has even more restaurants, and is filled with people eating and spilling out onto the street.