Netherlands

I flew back to Germany and met some friends who convinced me to go to the small town of Lisse to visit the Keukenhof, a park of about 7 million flowers covering nearly 80 acres!  On the hike to my hotel, I ran into a University of Virginia graduate…in the Hague! I arrived by train …

From Paris I decided to go soak up some Dutch culture so I ventured northward to experience Amsterdam. Aside from the famous red lights and hash houses, Amsterdam is a truly cosmopolitan city filled with canals and bicycles, and surrounded by lovely countryside farms and fishing villages.  I stayed in the Grand Amrath Hotel which …