Pictures from Ian and Kat's Digital Camera: Pictures from the Keukenhof tulip garden
[Up to Queensday week in Amsterdam: 30 April - 5 May 2001 ]

Here are pictures from various trips I have taken to faraway (and not-so-faraway) places.


As is becoming a habit, I and a bunch of North American friends descended on Amsterdam for Queensday (a national holiday there).

Also see the pictures from Party At Ian's Place At Indyra's Place in Amsterdam.


Keukenhof (pronouced "COW-ken-hof") is a really large tulip garden about an hour outside of Amsterdam. We spent a few hours wandering around.
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On our way to Keukenhof. This is at Amsterdam Central Station, where we see level upon level of bicycle parking.

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Having taken a train to Leiden, we now take a bus to Keukenhof. On our way, we pass this site, where I thought it interesting that the sign publicly lists the "Scientific Committee".

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Tulip fields. Large bands of colour.

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Here we are at Keukenhof. Batches of extremely brightly coloured flowers everywhere.

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Every so often, there were these patches of really tall flowers that overlooked the others.

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An indoor pavilion.

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So it turns out my digital camera has a "tulip mode" (there's a little button with a picture of a tulip on it). So I figured I should use it.

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Another "tulip mode" picture.

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Swans in the lake at Keukenhof.

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So... many... flowers...

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Peacocks in the garden. One is a rare albino.

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Art.

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What would a trip to the Netherlands be without a windmill?

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These pickpocket watchers roamed around the gardens in bright yellow jackets.

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A tree drops blossoms in the garden.

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Keukenhof has a hedge maze. That was fun. (Hint: left-hand rule)

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More of the hedge maze. This was taken from a raised platform in the middle of the maze.

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(It was a pretty large maze.)

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Banks of coloured flowers.

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The purple colour was quite intense.

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They just keep going...

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and going...

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and going.


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Ian Goldberg, ian@paip.net.
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