PalQ's Trip Report
Mar 19th, 2007, 07:21 AM
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PalQ's Trip Report
Landed at Schiphol Airport Jan 18
Feb 3 walked in the Sologne searching for 'pierce neiges' (sp? - 1st flowers of year that pierce the snow
Flew back from Gatwick Feb 13.
Great great trip!
Can't wait to go back!
Feb 3 walked in the Sologne searching for 'pierce neiges' (sp? - 1st flowers of year that pierce the snow
Flew back from Gatwick Feb 13.
Great great trip!
Can't wait to go back!
Mar 19th, 2007, 07:45 AM
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Please tell us that
1. You got a discount on the Gatwick Express
2. You used a laptop GPS to find your way around the RL district
3. You stayed at least 30 minutes outside the center of A-dam in order to save lots of money
4. You rented a car in the Netherlands so you woulnd't be "tied to a train schedule."
1. You got a discount on the Gatwick Express
2. You used a laptop GPS to find your way around the RL district
3. You stayed at least 30 minutes outside the center of A-dam in order to save lots of money
4. You rented a car in the Netherlands so you woulnd't be "tied to a train schedule."
Mar 19th, 2007, 08:02 AM
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<<Landed at Schiphol Airport Jan 18
Feb 3 walked in the Sologne searching for 'pierce neiges' (sp? - 1st flowers of year that pierce the snow
Flew back from Gatwick Feb 13.>>
Long walk Pal
Feb 3 walked in the Sologne searching for 'pierce neiges' (sp? - 1st flowers of year that pierce the snow
Flew back from Gatwick Feb 13.>>
Long walk Pal
Mar 20th, 2007, 06:48 AM
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My friend said they were not crocusi as i said when she pointed them out to me and how it was a long family tradition for her family to go out in the winter and find some perce neiges to plant in their gardens.
But to me they looked like crocusi but were perhaps even smaller and a uniform light blue hue. Very subtly beautiful even though there is rarely any snow to pierce.
But to me they looked like crocusi but were perhaps even smaller and a uniform light blue hue. Very subtly beautiful even though there is rarely any snow to pierce.
Mar 20th, 2007, 06:58 AM
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Every reference I can find says perce neige is galanthus nivalis. Which is the posh name for snowdrop.
And here's the problem. The last of the tens of millions of them round our house has only recently died or whatever it is bulbs do. And not one of them was anything other than white. Personally I've never heard of a blue snowdrop - though what do I know?
Did PalQ really see early primulas?
And here's the problem. The last of the tens of millions of them round our house has only recently died or whatever it is bulbs do. And not one of them was anything other than white. Personally I've never heard of a blue snowdrop - though what do I know?
Did PalQ really see early primulas?
Mar 20th, 2007, 07:06 AM
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you know i always listen to flanner, seriously, i mean i seriously listen to that font of knowledge...no sarcasm here
and those little flowers may well have been white or yellow - i'll have to e-mail my ex-wife in France and ask her.
another senior moment and i'm not quite a senior yet...except at McDonald's in the US where i get senior coffee.
but what flanner says is more in line with these not being crocuses.
i could not sleep last night worrying about coach K!
and those little flowers may well have been white or yellow - i'll have to e-mail my ex-wife in France and ask her.
another senior moment and i'm not quite a senior yet...except at McDonald's in the US where i get senior coffee.
but what flanner says is more in line with these not being crocuses.
i could not sleep last night worrying about coach K!
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