We went to Holland this week for the first of two family weddings this month! Luckily the skies were temporarily clear of volcanic ash so no trouble there. The wedding was not till Monday morning, and on Sunday we went to Utrecht to meet up with my good old friend Harold and to shop some wedding thingies for Iwona. Here's the three of us having lunch at a little cafe called the 'Colonie'. Great chips with peanut sauce!
The wedding of Cees-Jan's brother Hans-Peter and his girlfriend Lieke was on Monday. They wanted it to be low-key, and it was, but they looked lovely and it was nice to see them happy together. They are moving to Singapore this summer so all the best to them! The next day we decided to visit the Keukenhof, which is a famous park dedicated to bulb flowers and open only in spring till mid May each year. There was an beautiful exhibition of orchids too, which Iwona is admiring here.
There was such an extravaganza of beautiful flower beds that it was difficult to decide where to look, and 100s photos later it is hard to pick which ones to show! Even so, this doesn't even remotely do it justice. We were blessed with some sunshine which made the festival of colours look even more spectacular.
My parents came along too, the dedicated followers of flowers they are, and here's Cees-Jan's mom doing her best impression of Donald Duck. Well, I think that's what she's doing, although I am not sure why. Dad was simply enjoying a few rays of sun like everyone else.
To finish things off, the view from the Keukenhof over the flower beds that you find everywhere along the coast in Holland this time of year. That's where your bulbs come from! We're starting to notice more and more how flat Holland really is, now that we're living in Scotland. Still loving the big skies though!
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