Diane wrote:Tarah, we look forward to meeting you. Any chance of coming to Germany or Holland? C.i., Dys and I are meeting in Amsterdam in between London and Germany to see the tulip festival and, hopefully, to meet nimh.
I went for the first time ever to the tulip thing last year ... the tulip fields in bloom themselves are a sight to behold for sure - rent a bike and make a tour, thats by far the best way to see it all - but the actual parade with the floats-on-wheels was a bit of a ... well I didnt find it much of a big thing, anyway.
On the other hand, like I PM'd Dys, if you could at all work 30 April in Amsterdam into your schedule, now then you would really experience something ... Queen's Day in Amsterdam is quite, quite overwhelming ... everyone in half of downtown out on the sidewalk selling **** in what must be the worlds largest open-air fleamarket (typically Dutch to celebrate a holiday by trying to sell stuff), combined with all kinds of open-air stuff, much of it improvised - I mean, what I hear its like its here in Utrecht but then much bigger still, which means music, everything ...
But, I havent read up on this thread, but from Dys' PM I understand you're now planning to be in Holland on May 5, thats a special day too, Liberation Day,
way more low-key but still should be some festivals going on
