Hooray for millions of tulips, my all-time favorite fleur :) I always forget what a big draw this festival is! I went to Holland with Jonny on Sunday for a midday tulip extravaganza. We picked up Mandy and Aaron at there sweet little apartment and took off for the center of town. We arrived around 11:30a and found close parking and subdued streets. Looks like we were among the first visitors of the day.
One part of tulip time I had forgotten about was the carnival aspect of it. There were a bunch of "food" vendors parked along the streets with enticing delicacies such as elephant ears, funnel cakes and gyros. It being almost lunchtime we decided to sit by the carnival rides and eat. I devoured an elephant ear, sooooo good (for about 30 minutes, than a tummies worst nightmare). I vowed it to be the first of five ears consumed that day, but sadly I did not live up to it.
We continued on the the arts and crafts square where everything was getting pretty busy. The Thomas' bought some delicious fudge and we wandered about looking at the sometimes cute, weird, smelly, and strange that was all brought over to be sold.
Then finally it was on to the tulip fields! This was my personal highlight of the day. We had to drive out to the wooden shoe factory site which sits next to a bison enclosure. That's where fields of tulips are planted and divided by name. I was tempted to buy a wooden shoe myself but passed this time. They are really cool looking. I spent the rest of the time wandering the fields, smelling the flowers and picking out my favorites. Of course not really picking them as that would be a $100 fine for each stem, a pricey bouquet.
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