Easter Sunday and I had plans for it to be a real busy one for me.  First off, back to the museum areas.  Kind of a gloomy day.

 

 

I got to the Van Gogh Museum early, but still a line ha.  Teaches me not to buy ahead. 

 

I absolutely loved this museum!  I was also doing a very good job of taking pictures until someone finally told me to stop, oops.  I actually never saw a sign that said no pictures.

 

I did not know Van Gogh had a Japanese period or that he loved Japanese block prints.  I love finding out something new at all these museums. 

 

Museums were over though.  Amsterdam's museums are as good as any that I have been to in the world, if not my favorite.

 

The next part of my day started the rabid fire round of travel, ha.  One of the purposes of the trip was to see all the tulip fields outside of Amsterdam.  I knew I was a couple weeks early this year, boo, but I still decided to go to the world famous Keukenhof Gardens.  I was only partially disappointed.

 

It was easy to imagine what this place would look like in all of it's splendor.  I may not have seen it at it's height of bloom, but it was still well worth it.

 

The indoor courts had the full effect going though.

 

Yeah, another few weeks.  Oh well.

 

I did get to see some baby goats though...

 

... and I found Mr. Easter bunny.

 

The gardens were still gorgeous, but I was glad I avoided the serious crowds, because that allowed me a couple other stops in the day.  Rotterdam was a 45 min train trip after I got back to Amsterdam Central.  I am so happy I made the trip.  It was totally different than Amsterdam, but in equal splendor. 

 

Another 20 minutes away was The Hague.  I will admit when I got here, I was on fumes.  Plus a storm quickly moved in.  I didn't do much here besides some ice cream and stomped around in the rain.  I didn't get much of a feel fro the place, but I could tell it wasn't the same as the other cities.

 

Back to Amsterdam for one last night.  The storms had almost caught up to me. 

 

But the storms did allow for a dramatic sunset picture.

 

Then the flood gates opened.  I got absolutely soaked. 

 

What an adventurous day!