Pictures of our European Vacation - Netherlands

I posted these on the MyFamily site so if you have access to that, GO AWAY!!! You should have already seen these. If you have note yet seen them, Welcome :)

Because there are many pictures and too many explanations to sit down and do at one time, I will separate this into countries that we visited, 4 in all. I am startinmg today with The Netherlands. To see pictures closer, click on them and you will see it full size. I will be posting most of the pictures taken as slideshows later for those of you interested.

Kinderdijk
The first day we visited Kinderdijk which is an area about 10-15 minutes from our house that many people visit because there are 18 windmills in one place. One of them is open to the public for tours, the others people live in.


Here is a line of 5 windmills, now you all know what a windmill looks like.


Hannah and Jessica decided to pick some flowers that lined the pathways. Where they supposed to? Probably not. Do they care? Probably not. At least they are beautiful while they break the law.

Keukenhof
After Kinderdijk, we visited Keukenhof which is the big tulip festival that people from all over the world come to Holland to see. What is the tulip festival you may ask? Well, I was surprised to find that it is endless gardens of flower arrangements. It was beautiful for about 10 minutes.


Here is Billy, Isaac, Jessica and Hannah in front of a bunch of the worlds largest breed of tulips. The giant one in the middle is a fake one so don't be too impressed.


In the middle of all the gardens is big pond that had pads you could walk on. Here is Isaac and Alex hopping across on those pads.

Madurodam
Madurodam is a place the The Hague that has many buildings and sites from Holland built at 1:25 scale. They paid very close attention to detail right down to the gargoyles on the cathedrals and people and cars in the streets.


Here is Kristal and Arla. Like myself, Arla is found with a camera in hands most of the times.


Billy, Abby, Isaac and Alex


Here is Isaac and Billy looking at what looks like a few nice rowhouses. Notice the people on the sidewalk and the small reddish path. If you look closely, you will see a bicycle symbol. Bike paths are paved in red or have red bricks.