As a part of our Europe tour we were taken to Holland. We covered Amsterdam and Rotterdam but we just missed the tulips in Amsterdam. Who can forget the song Tulips from Amsterdam
We had a look of Amsterdam by taking a canal cruise which took us round the city although I must say the water was far from clean. The tour guide was honest enough to tell us that the canal was filled with drainage water and it was visible as the water looked green. We visited the wooden shoe factory as also a place where they were selling precious stones. It was nice to see those windmills which I had only so far read about.
The interesting part of this tour was a visit to Madurodam where there is a miniature Holland all in one place. We spent the whole day there looking at all the main features of Holland including Dutch castles, public buildings, and large industrial projects as found at various locations in the country. Madurodam seems the only place in the world that has created such a set up for tourists. It is obviously not possible to tour Holland in its entirety and this seemed the best alternative.
Although we could see some tulips in madurodam we did not see fields of them.Tulikps are plucked just when they are ready for plucking emptying the fields. We had missed the season by just a few days. Having said this, I later realised that not many in the group were keen on seeing tulips anyway and that perhaps was the reason why our travel agent did not think it important that we arrive there during the tulip season.
Tulips are now grown in India but nothing like seeing them in their own habitat. It was indeed a great disappointment as I had hoped to just swim in their in the fields of tulips.
. The attached image gives an idea of what lies there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Madurodam,_The_Netherlands_(8131854298).jpg
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Holland is one the best heaven for the tourists as I have read in many books but unluckily I have not seen Amsterdam with my physical eyes many time I have seen Amsterdam with my spiritual eyes in dreams and pic.
Amsterdam has very old links with the United States. In 1780, John Adams opened the first American embassy in the world in Amsterdam. However, the first contacts with Amsterdam were actually much older. In 1609, Henry Hudson left Amsterdam’s Schreierstoren in his ship De Halve Maen. After a long journey, he reached the island of Manhattan where he founded Nieuw Amsterdam, which later became New York City.
The beer traders from Hamburg may well have been the first foreigners in the fledgling city of Amsterdam. Since 1600, Amsterdam has been a favourite tourist destination for German visitors, which becomes apparent from many travel journals. German visitors are still ranked at an honourable third place on the Amsterdam Tourist Barometer.
The 'red light' area is open unlike how it is hidden here in India. Thanks for providing all the historical stories about Holland.
I don't know much about Holland except that a friend, one of my former co-workers, went there on vacation and she said that the tulips were a big deal! :)
Tulips are a big deal there but as I have said in my post I missed the season. I was so hoping to swim in there :grin: