A fringe tulip blooms in front of grape hyacinths and white anemone at Keukenhof in Holland. Photos Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS/DOUG OSTER
As we drive towards Keukenhof, the sweet scent of hyacinths drifts through our bus of 26 travellers. Our tour guide thought we might like to see the growing fields filled with blooming bulbs. She was right.
No one could believe the seemingly endless rows of flowers, the sights and smells. Think of driving through field after field of Iowa corn. Now substitute daffodils, tulips, hyacinths and any spring bloomer you can imagine. We all scrambled to get photos through the bus windows.
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