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Holidays 2002 Part Three

CACarlo ·38 photographs ·12 Jun 2002 – 5 Jul 2002 ·24 days
Where
Floriade
When
12 Jun 2002 – 5 Jul 2002
24 days · trip of 2002
Who
Carlo Ranzani · @Carlo · Majano (UD)
How
Travel diary
The story · 1 days

This part is dedicated to the Floriade exhibition, an immense park where flowers and plants from all over the world are grown; luckily we went in the right year, since it isn't held every year.

Day 112 Jun 2002

km 4102 - cloudy - Hoofdorp - 34 € - Parking 7 €

Continued from "Vacanze 2002" part two

It took us 5 hours to visit the whole exhibition; one piece of advice: bring sandwiches, because what they offer isn't to our taste and it's very expensive. The whole thing is very beautiful, especially the first large greenhouse, where you can see many exotic flowers, but where the various nations exhibiting—few of them—differ only in their houses; the flowers are those of the moment, from the Dutch greenhouses.

Continued in "Vacanze 2002" Part two

Yellow orchids on mossy trunk inside glass-roofed greenhouse
Yellow orchids on mossy trunk inside glass-roofed greenhouse

The journey's photographs

38 photographs · click to open them full screen

▶ Slideshow
Visitors with children walk toward the large yellow Floriade pavilionHanging Nepenthes pitcher plants in coconut pots against a wooden wallVenus flytrap plants with open green traps on moist soilWoman in blue jacket among large white and pink lily displays in a greenhouseColorful lily plants displayed in a glass-roofed greenhouse hallPots of yellow orchids in bloom displayed in a greenhousePink Phalaenopsis orchids displayed against a dark blue wallBlack pots with yellow foxtail lilies in a greenhouse, orange backdrop, natural lightStriped pink amaryllis in black pot with green buds and labelRed amaryllis flowers blooming in a pot with thick stemsBlue flowers and red anthuriums in beds, visitors with backpacks in greenhouseBrass band on round stage, colorful striped poles, overcast daylight in a parkCorten steel flower sculpture in front of the TASTE pavilion at FloriadeTransparent dome in front of grassy hill with acrobatic show on topcolorful geometric flowerbeds and visitors in Kaisaniemi park, HelsinkiLake with modern pavilion, flower beds and visitors under cloudy skyWall covered with purple and white flowers, visitors relaxing on the grassFloating islands with flowers and trees on the lake, colorful flagsWooden pavilions with red roofs by the lake, surrounded by green treesTraditional red wooden stilt houses reflected in the green lake waterTraditional stilt house with red roof and staircase by the lakeVisitors walk past a thatched pagoda and gazebo in a gardenGreen bronze musician statues among pink flowers in a garden with visitorsRed wooden boats with exotic fruit and mannequins in straw hats by the lakePink Siam tulip blooms among long green leaves, water in the backgroundVisitors walk through a large carved wooden gate with deities and tridentsPink and yellow variegated rose among green leaves in gardenWhite mariposa lily flowers with purple centers among green leavesBeds of colorful tulips among trees, flower pots and sandy soilBlue delphiniums blooming in a garden, visitors with cameras among plantsWhite, pink and red astilbe flowers blooming among garden treesColorful freesia flowers blooming in garden, visitors strolling among treesYellow foxtail lily spikes blooming in a public garden, visitors walking on the lawnFlowerbed of yellow and red coleus among tree trunks in a parkSilvery eryngium flowers blooming among lush green foliagePink and salmon astilbe flowers blooming in a garden, visitors in backgroundTransparent covered stage and metal sculpture on water, visitors on wooden boardwalkYellow orchids on mossy trunk inside glass-roofed greenhouse

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