A short stay from April 24-May 3 in Holland ...my college class 50 th year reunion ...this ages all of us ;-) The daffodils were finished by the time I got there .One of my hostesses took me to the northern part of the province of North Holland ( my home town is Haarlem, if you like to google for more info ) ...even she was surprised to see that many tulips and hyacinths in bloom ...indeed fields of it and so colorful and nice odours from the hyacinths ...wished I could have added the smell to some of my pics . Walking tours are organized to walk through, starting May 1 till ?? I think , most of these are for the bulb export . One of my summer jobs as a teenager : peel bulbs ...( better than having to eat them during the winter of 1944 as there was a great shortage of food in the western part of the Netherlands ...another story ) .The famous flower parade from Lisse to Haarlem on April 24 made us arrive almost 45 min. late at the reunion ...sooo much traffic ... I learned, that Holland now has 18 million people living there .Canada has only 33 plus million .
Thank you about your kind remark re discussions ...even if I do try to bite my tongue at times ...but then " deleting before sending " helps too , ha, ha