Day 13 - Depart Cruise, Drive to Haarlem, Kuekenhof Gardens, then on to Bruges, Belgium

Up at 6:30 am, shower, finish packing, & breakfast at 8 am. All luggage marked for taxi arrival & out side of room. Time time to spare after breakfast so watched the amazing departure of 1200-1400 people from 11 ships at the dock.

We took a taxi to Schipol to get our rental car, Bubba figured out all the buttons & dials, we set our GPS (now called Hendricka), & took of for the Keukenhof tulip gardens. Stopped in Haarlem for a quick look at the city, & proceeded to the Gardens. As luck would have it, this was the last day for the season, it was sunny most of the time, and we were 3 of several thousand people doing the same thing. Bubba took so many pictures that I bet there will soon be a tulip display in his WC gallery!

Nice to have some sun, sat outside for a light lunch (3pm seems to be our preferred midday meal time)

and then set out for the 2-3 hour drive to Bruges, Belgium. First navigator dozed off, thank goodness for #2!