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I don't know what it is that makes tulips so enchanting to me, but I can never stop admiring them.  The flower itself is so simple and elegant, and the multitude of colors and shapes seems to be endless.  My favorite aspect is the way the tulips capture the sunlight and the transparency of the petals.  I had to go back to the park on a (somewhat) sunny day to take more pictures.  You can probably tell that the orange are my favorite, but the white ones are ethereal in the way they hold the sunlight. 

Yes, I agree; a little weird

Young artists

Lego, lego, lego

A Danish carpenter started making wooden toys during the depression, and after World War II, when plastic became the big new thing, he tried different ways to make building blocks out of this modern material.  The carpenter called his company LEGO, which is a contraction of two Danish words "leg godt" (play well), and in 1958 the company patented their plastic bricks.  The company started in a small town in Denmark called Billund, and that is where they are still, and the descendants of the carpenter are still the owners and managers of LEGO.

A sculpture and a fan in front of LEGO Headquarters.

In front of his future work place?

But this is why we travelled north during April vacation:

This park opened in 1968 and was the first Legoland.

The cutest tickets booths I ever saw

Star Wars:

The cantina scene

Monuments:

Made out of 1,5 mill. regular Lego bricks

Fun stuff:

Vikings:

Made out of Lego bricks!

Mini land:

Bergen, Norway

Charaters:

Food:

Lego fries

Dining at the Castle

Restrooms:

A perfect ending.