Episode 13 - The Europe Summer Series
Netherlands
Amsterdam canals, tulip fields, and the windmills our kids had been asking about since they read a picture book two years ago. Netherlands in pictures.
The Story
Netherlands
The Netherlands delivered on every single thing our kids had been promised — windmills, tulips, bikes everywhere, and canals you could actually boat on. Amsterdam was chaotic and wonderful. The countryside was impossibly peaceful.
Highlights
Don't Miss in Netherlands
Keukenhof Gardens if your timing is right (late March–May) — genuinely unmissable
Rent bikes in Amsterdam — the kids will remember it forever
Zaanse Schans for windmills, 20 minutes from Amsterdam by train
Stroopwafels fresh off the iron at the Albert Cuyp market
Day trip to Haarlem — quieter than Amsterdam, just as beautiful