Keukenhof is a historic park, covering an are of 32 hectares, 15 km of footpaths (boleh lelah laa jalan tgh bunga - but i think Josh will appreciate this more than i did ~ i'm a bit flower-illiterate "ada ke term tu?") with 4.5 million tulips in 100 varieties (i got it from the brochure - pure-fact!). Keukenhof's season runs from late March through late May, with the park open from 8:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. daily. (The ticket office closes at 6 p.m. - but you may buy the ticket from the Leiden Central ~ 19 euros - bus ticket two-way (bus # 54) + park entrance fee) or from the Schiphol airport (bus # 58). Daffodils (teringat time sekolah menengah baca sajak pasal daffodils, tp tak pernah tgk pun ..), hyacinths, and narcissi are on display when the gardens open in March, with tulips making their appearance a few weeks later. The best time to come is in the last half of April, when you're likely to catch everything blooming at once (next year the park will be opened from 19 March - 20 May ~ anyone ?). Ok guys, let's the magic begins ...
I've started my journey from my apartment exactly at 12 noon (after i grabbed my horrible home-made brunch). Again, the train was re-routed somewhere else (but i did manage to ask some locals ~ they helped a lot ~ so, no more random walk again).
Left: My horrible brunch.
Right: My horrible smile (at the Amsterdam Zuid station)
Left: Along the way ..
Right: The beginning. (suspen ni .. jeng..jeng)
wowww .. i wish i can roll down here ..
"teringin jugak nak bwk balik rumh ni ... "
To miss pinky: Jangan bersedih lagi ... see, many pink tulips ..
Left: Sirap ros + susu = air bandung .
Right: Dazzling orange. (The Dutch royal colour)
My favourite, the night queen. Mysterious, hidden, unknown. (actually the color should be black, but the experiment was failed).. it turns to dark purple. Still great.
Left: Tulips from Mars ? heh..heh..heh
Right: Tanggang and his wife ~ the Dutch version - kena sumpah jadi batu ... heh..hehh
(disclaimer: Kindly ignore this statement, based on non-existing facts)
Take a break
Left: bread with the raw herrings .. ada berani ? .. taste rating C+ (euro 2.5)
Right: cherry and crunchy waffles ice-cream .. rating A+ (euro 3)
Left: Too big ... too big (kaki t-rex kaa ?)
Right: Windmill ~ a typical icon of the Netherlands
Left: From my window .. (i wish ;-) )
Right: The Teletubbies
Left: The Head of the Dragon (theme of Beijing 2008- The Olympic Games
Right: Assorted tulips ..
My backyard ..ha ha ha ha .... (wake up !!!!)
Ideas, for your living room (mcm pelik aje idea ni .. ikebana ke?)
My "ladang" tulip ...
(come ..come get it for free ...)
Right: Time to go out (but ..the queue was terrible .. )
Left: Free drink, for waiting in a very long queue.
The flower shows in at Keukenhof can be categorized according to 4 themes, namely as Oranje Nassau (normally daffodils, roses, carnations, special bulbous plants, etc) , Beatrix (orchids, anthurium & bromellia), Willem Alexander (Tulips, lilies, perennial plants), and Juliana (begonia). The Kuekenhof garden has been in the Netherlands for almost 60 years, and is the one of the most popular attractions here (with more than 42 million visitors in the last 58 years). For those with SLR camera, this place is not to be missed (shamrie and hafiz ... dengar tu ... bila mau sampai ?). Come to Keukenhof with your family, friends, and everybody, and enjoy the ultimate greatest spring feeling ever. It is the most beautiful spring garden in the world (sejak bila jadi promoter keukenhof ni ? ...Josh, (boleh la decorate your garden like that), Pinky (bila mau guling2 sama itu tulip warna pink, Danial (next year, come and visit once more :-), Maya, Doss, & Wira (next year you have to be here. ..).
(disclaimer: the author will not responsible for any jealousy feelings caused by this entry. )
I've started my journey from my apartment exactly at 12 noon (after i grabbed my horrible home-made brunch). Again, the train was re-routed somewhere else (but i did manage to ask some locals ~ they helped a lot ~ so, no more random walk again).
Left: My horrible brunch.
Right: My horrible smile (at the Amsterdam Zuid station)
Left: Along the way ..
Right: The beginning. (suspen ni .. jeng..jeng)
wowww .. i wish i can roll down here ..
"teringin jugak nak bwk balik rumh ni ... "
To miss pinky: Jangan bersedih lagi ... see, many pink tulips ..
Left: Sirap ros + susu = air bandung .
Right: Dazzling orange. (The Dutch royal colour)
If this is my garden, i will be the florist. (dreaming again ..)
My favourite, the night queen. Mysterious, hidden, unknown. (actually the color should be black, but the experiment was failed).. it turns to dark purple. Still great.
Left: Tulips from Mars ? heh..heh..heh
Right: Tanggang and his wife ~ the Dutch version - kena sumpah jadi batu ... heh..hehh
(disclaimer: Kindly ignore this statement, based on non-existing facts)
Take a breakLeft: bread with the raw herrings .. ada berani ? .. taste rating C+ (euro 2.5)
Right: cherry and crunchy waffles ice-cream .. rating A+ (euro 3)
Left: Too big ... too big (kaki t-rex kaa ?)
Right: Windmill ~ a typical icon of the Netherlands
Left: From my window .. (i wish ;-) )
Right: The Teletubbies
Left: The Head of the Dragon (theme of Beijing 2008- The Olympic Games
Right: Assorted tulips ..
My backyard ..ha ha ha ha .... (wake up !!!!)
Ideas, for your living room (mcm pelik aje idea ni .. ikebana ke?)
My "ladang" tulip ...
(come ..come get it for free ...)
Right: Time to go out (but ..the queue was terrible .. )
Left: Free drink, for waiting in a very long queue.
The flower shows in at Keukenhof can be categorized according to 4 themes, namely as Oranje Nassau (normally daffodils, roses, carnations, special bulbous plants, etc) , Beatrix (orchids, anthurium & bromellia), Willem Alexander (Tulips, lilies, perennial plants), and Juliana (begonia). The Kuekenhof garden has been in the Netherlands for almost 60 years, and is the one of the most popular attractions here (with more than 42 million visitors in the last 58 years). For those with SLR camera, this place is not to be missed (shamrie and hafiz ... dengar tu ... bila mau sampai ?). Come to Keukenhof with your family, friends, and everybody, and enjoy the ultimate greatest spring feeling ever. It is the most beautiful spring garden in the world (sejak bila jadi promoter keukenhof ni ? ...Josh, (boleh la decorate your garden like that), Pinky (bila mau guling2 sama itu tulip warna pink, Danial (next year, come and visit once more :-), Maya, Doss, & Wira (next year you have to be here. ..).
(disclaimer: the author will not responsible for any jealousy feelings caused by this entry. )
18 comments:
hej! great that you have visited keukenhof graden...when i was there last month, there were 17,000 people wandered around the garden...great display of tulips and other types of flower at the Willem Alexander Pavilion and Oranje Nassau Pavillion...hope you will post more pics...cheers!
p.s.: not so horrible smile i guess..hehehehe...
wow.. ur home-made brunch looks yummy.. tetiba den rasa lapo
pssst, cant wait 4 next yr's bday, wanna celebrate with tulips in the park.. opssss i started 2 dream too.. hiks ;-)
TQ bro, why dun u bring me 2-3 stalks of those luvly pink tulips? hehehe
cantiknyerrrrrrrrrrrrr....colourful gilosssss...bestnyerrrrrrrrrrrr
(danial) - they got the Beijing 2008 theme here .. but again, too crowded .. can't enjoy my intimate moments. heh..heh
(miss pinky) many pink tulips here .. next spring i will work as a part timer here, and i will snap a couple of pink tulips to you (harap2 tak kena tangkap laa) .. heh..heh..heh
(sue) mmg cantikkk ... sampai aku berpinau tgk kekaleran dia. Menabung laa cepat2 sikit ..
salam azizi,
teringat Oct '88, di Botanical Garden di tempat kak ja belajar, sempat gak tengok tulips sebelum balik Malaya.. tapi tak le semeriah dan secantik di tempat azizi ni...
hej! azizi...yup! the garden has special theme for Beijing & China 2008...i went there on april 10...spent a whole day snapping pic of flowers...hope to visit again next year...maybe we can make a trip together...and ask pinky and josh and sue, and kak ja too...planning to visit amsterdam this coming summer...heeyaaa...amsterdam here i come...:)
wah.. jom guling2, standby lagu hindustan sekali.. ahaksss ;-)
(kak ja) - boleh la bg alasan utk amsterdam next yr .. jgn lupa .. march - 19 may next yr. tahun melawat holland
(danial) - no prob. many places need to be explored. penat kaki.
hej! azizi...you should have foot massage...:)...have a good rest...
danial .. i will .. i will .. with the lavender scrub .. sounds soothing? ..heh..hehh my imagination works!
jelesnyerrrrrrr .... why 'everybody' dapat pergi and I yang tak dapat??? hahahaha
I can just sit in that garden enjoying the scenery the whole day without doing anything.
Bila nak sponsor air ticket nih Zizi??
wah.... cantiksnye :) jeles. huh :P hmm if ada masa sambil2 stadi tu (stadi ke nih??) leh le share more picturesss.. boh le dlm fotopages ke memana ke wink wink
so lovely..:-)
hej! azizi...hahahaha...great imagination!
(pinky) - bukan setakat lagu hindustan, dikir barat sama ... heh..heh..heh (teringat lagu tupai ..)
(josh) ..wahh .. kena sponsor flight ka? aisyehh .. kena buat part time kedai jual ayam mcm ni .. (cari duit nak sponsor flight josh). or kerja kat "red light" .. wowww ..
(norzie) i think i have more than 100 photos about these flowers. (which i don't much about it).
(nooriz) ~ imagine we hv this in uum .. perghh..
(danial) ~ or .. laying down among those lovely lavenders and with a girl named lavender. :-)
ii...nice entry..mostly pink tulip...cantik sgt.. ('',)
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