And back to The Netherlands again today :)
6/10/2005
Though I was pretty sure that I was past the time, I headed down to Haarlem (ever wonder where that NY neighborhood got its name?!?! ) to see the bulb fields. And I say a lot of fields, but no blooms. Darn it. I think that I missed it by about 3-4 weeks. Ah well, a reason to come back someday. Which I will, I really like it here. I did find 3 or 4 very small plots in bloom and of course took pictures Iris and Alliums.
I drove around looking at the country side for a while then headed up to the town of Spaarndam mentioned in my green guidebook and this was a great find. It is a little tiny town perched along one of the dikes. It also has a small number of houses on one side, but much is perched right up along top. Also three locks in town and on the third is a statue to the little boy who put his finger in a hole in the dyke all night too keep it from flooding! The town was a lot of fun though and I am really glad that I headed up there. They are also having some sort of a festival in the not too distant future (after I leave unfortunately) but several sail boats had shown up and had blocked in one of the locks—the one around the town square. People were out on the boats just talking and enjoying the company. I actually had to wait while the pedestrian draw bridge was raised to get a couple of the boats in.
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