Jesse's parents travel to Brussels with their friends Wayne and Sandy Bradley for Easter Break. Our first road trip was to Holland along the Blooming Route to see the tulip fields by way of Delft. Unfortunately we were probably a week or so too early to see the tulips but the daffodils and hyacinths were truly lovely. We spent the night in Leiden in order to visit Keukenhof Gardens in Lisse first thing Easter Morning.
It was a sunny but chilly day and I do not really think the Gardens were worth all the hype but it was still a nice day. We had a quick lunch in Haarlem and a snack in Gouda before returning to Brussels.
That Tuesday we took the Thalys to Paris - first stop the Eiffel Tower. While Jesse climbed the tower with our guests, I played with the kids around the base and spent some time just watching the river traffic. Afterwards everyone boarded the Batboys for a Seine cruise to the Jardin Botanique and back to the Place de la Concorde. A little taxi mix-up by the Tuilleries and a fake dinner reservation later, we had dinner at a nice bistro along the Rue de Rivoli before taking the train back home.
Our guests took the train to London, then flew to Dublin for the next three days so I spent some time in Brussels with the kids and the day at the beach in Nieuwpoort, Belgium that Friday before celebrating Aksel Hannestad's birthday at their new house.
Saturday we took the guests to see the local sites in Brussels and on to Bruges. Sunday we drove to Cologne and Monschau, Germany to round out their European Adventure.
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