7 Million Some of the 7 million bulbs on show from 92 suppliers	Wait Mummy The Gardens also have a wild life area. Here you can see a pair of goats with the kid.	Fountains Abound One of the many fountains to be found in the gardens	Local Fields The garden's have viewing area overlooking local Tulip fields looking like patchworks quilts of colour	Windmill A visit to Holland would not be complete without seeing a Windmill. The windmills were used to pump water from the land in the olden days
Wishing Well This is the wishing well, we nearly missed this and went back to have another look	Riot of Colour The camera cannot catch the site of the flowers, nor can I pass on the aroma that catches you every time you walk pass Hyacinths	Artistic? Thought I would try being artistic with this shot of tulips in the foreground and fountain in the rear	Muscari The blue flowers in the foreground are Muscari

We booked the trip through P&O Ferries. We traveled to Hull in the car and used the free multi-storey car park at the side of the Quay. We boarded the Pride of Rotterdam and at 21:00 set sail to Rotterdam. The ship being so big just cut through the water and we hardly noticed any sea movement. We had booked an evening meal and breakfast before boarding. The evening meal was a buffet with a good range of options to suit most pallets. The cabin we were in was small but none the less, sufficient for our needs. A tour around the ship revealed a number of shops, Casino, cinema, entertainment/show lounge, piano bar, (the sundeck was too cold to stay out in April), a cyber area for computer enthusiasts, A la Carte Restaurant, and more.

07:00 the ships announcement system, gently woke us up with the reminder of breakfast being served, buffet style. Plenty of choice for breakfast too. Our boarding cards were marked with a luggage symbol, meaning that our luggage could be left in the cabin. We got the announcement that we could leave the ship and made our way to the awaiting busses.
We traveled from Rotterdam to Lisse and hence to Keukenhof. 10:30 we arrived and given a return time of 16:30. This was sufficient to walk around the gardens and take it all in.

I would recommend anyone who likes tulips and other spring bulbs to visit Keukenhof

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