My recent trip to Amsterdam

Happy Friday dear friends!. I am so excited about this weekend, I have a little open house lined up for my neighbors and friends to see my pottery work, and I am finally free enough to plan my daffodil and tulip planting design! ^_^. 

 

 

This past spring, I visited Europe, and one of my stops was the amazing and very known Flower Market in Amsterdam. You can imagine being the flower lover that I am, that I was in absolute heaven!; there were so many beautiful varieties of tulips, peonies, daffodils etc. that I wanted to buy 3 extra suitcases to fill with bags of bulbs and tubers and attempt the crazy idea of clearing customs with my splurge.... funny thing is I would have probably been detained for trying to smuggle flowers, but for those other travelers, trying to smuggle the "other" infamous legal plant, they more than likely got through *_*

 

Gorgeous canal homes

My favorite flower, the alluring PEONY

 

I did get to bring 2 bags of 10 amazing tulips each, only 14 were viable, so those were carefully stashed in a dry and cool location in my home, and I am so itching to plant them in their new home, to delight me and my husband with their amazing color come spring.

Amazingly huge AMARYLLIS



A view of one of the market stands

Endless selection of tulips, SO CHEAP!

 I also got to smuggle another addiction of mine, CHEESE!, yes, I LOOOOOOOOOVE cheese!, I am happy to say I believe I must have been a rat in a past life, because I adore cheeses, the stinkier the better, apparently *_^ . 



A view of an underground cheese shop in Amsterdam by the flower market

 

I ADORE to travel, and during each travel, I break my own personal record of the number of photos I take; during this 2 week European voyage I took a whopping 7000 photos!

 

I have over 30 gig of photos time shared between my PC, my husband's 2 PCs and my laptop.... for some absurd reason, I have not thought of buying an external hard drive, but don't worry, it is on my "to buy list" for black Friday @ Best Buy! hehe

 

Before I say Adieu, let me remind you that there is still 4 days to enter my giveaway!, you and anyone you know could win a $20 gift certificate for MUDDY HEART POTTERY!, that is a great gift either for yourself or a free gift to give to anyone on your Christmas list!.  It is free to enter, and available WORLDWIDE!

 

Enter by clicking the photo below:

 

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Have a lovely weekend!!

XoX, Meli