| Holland is the land of tulips. When it
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| | versus one that highlighted "gardens."
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| comes to seeing tulips, no place in the
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| | For the love of God, we were in
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| world outdoes the Keukenhof Gardens.
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| | Amsterdam!
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| Keukenhof Gardens
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| | An argument ensued and, of course, I
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| The Keukenhof Gardens are located to the
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| | lost. Off we went for a day in the
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| southwest of Amsterdam. I know this
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| | gardens. Oh, fun.
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| because I was visiting Amsterdam with an
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| | As happens more often than not, I was
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| old friend and his wife. He and I had
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| | wrong in my assumptions. In a one in a
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| talked about taking the tour at the
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| | million occurrence, "gardens" definitely
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| Heineken Brewery for days. Unfortunately,
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| | outweighed the "beer" option. The
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| we only had two days in Amsterdam and had
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| | Keukenhof Gardens definitely deserve the
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| missed the tour on the first day. This
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| | fame moniker, even if you've never heard
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| was due to his wife having wet hair
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| | of them.
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| because of a blow drier, which meant we
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| | Keukenhof is perhaps the biggest
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| had to sit around until nature ran its
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| | collection of flowers I have ever seen.
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| course. This was not a woman willing to
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| | Located on 70 acres outside of the town
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| rough it.
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| | of Lisse, the gardens are surreal. There
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| I arose on the second morning with
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| | are over 7 MILLION flowers on the grounds
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| visions of beer mugs in my mind. I knew
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| | with Tulips in full display. The location
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| that I was in trouble as soon as he
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| | was previously the home of a castle and
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| walked through the door. He had that
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| | accompanying lands, which gives you an
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| look. You know. The one that says I have
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| | idea of the layout. Essentially, you pay
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| bad news, but am going to try to make it
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| | $20 to enter and just start strolling. It
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| sound like good news. The powers that be
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| | is like standing in the middle of a
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| wanted to go to the word famous Keukenhof
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| | landscape painting. The place is so big,
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| Gardens.
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| | you can rent bikes to put around the
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| This was disappointing for two reasons.
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| | grounds. To this end, the best time to go
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| First, I had never heard of the "famous"
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| | is in April when everything is in bloom.
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| Kuekenhof Gardens, thus bringing into
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| | Against all my inherent male attributes,
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| doubt the claim in my mind. Second, the
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| | I have to admit visiting the gardens
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| weighing of the scales of justice were
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| | outdid anything the Heineken Brewery
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| producing results decidedly in favor of a
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| | could offer. I also felt a heck of a lot
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| location that encompassed the word "beer"
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| | better the next morning!
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