We arrived here in good time to enjoy kottu-roti made by none other than Sada Mama himself! Generally enjoying the good food and company of the Sadacharan's.
Wednesday late morning/early afternoon was spent at Keukenhof. The myriad varieties of flowers was just astonishing. The weather was perfect, sunny and not too hot. Although the gardens were pretty spectacular, my wish to re-enact all those bollywood films (think dekha ek khwab in Silsila), remained unfulfilled, since the tulip fields weren't in full bloom, but we'll save the dancing between the tulips for another visit ;-). Incidentally it was also our 9 year anniversary on the day, which predictably M had forgotten - he thinks I spend way too much time remembering too many dates, and that now we should only remember our wedding anniversary instead.
Got up early this morning, to see the famous Dutch flower auction - pretty impressive, and the first time I've seen a reverse auction - once again the sheer amount of flowers are a sight to be seen, and bring to home that the Dutch people take their flowers very seriously. Something else to note, was how little the flower distributors pay for each rose (as low as 9 euro cents a stem) compared to what you and I end up paying at a florist (especially in central London!).
Some pictures
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