{"id":309,"date":"2024-06-28T11:50:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T11:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brightsightseeing.com\/?p=309"},"modified":"2024-06-28T11:51:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T11:51:35","slug":"floating-flowerless-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brightsightseeing.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/28\/floating-flowerless-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Floating Flowerless Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Dutch translation<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The floating flower parade<\/a>. It used to be a majestic spectacle of brightly colored flowers proudly taking center stage among the dancing majorettes on the boats, gliding like a true symphony of natural beauty through the narrow rivers.<\/p>\n\n\n

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But that was back in the day! Up until 2017, to be exact; after that, it became more of a floating flowerless parade. Flower-less. Practically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back then, the boats were so overloaded with flowers that you almost thought you were hallucinating after eating a spoiled cheese platter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was an ocean of roses, tulips, and sunflowers that made you believe you had landed in a romantic comedy directed by a gardener high on flower fertilizer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But now?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now it’s more of a melancholic journey of one and a half tulips that are just barely not wilted, but that was probably because it was freezing cold and mostly reminded you of the flower section of a sad gas station somewhere in a forgotten polder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It must be due to the lack of interest, as fewer and fewer people line the sides each year, and the youth of today doesn\u2019t really know what a flower is, let alone what to do with one, so yeah, why would you organize a huge floating flower festival?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So yeah, if you still plan to go to the floating flower parade, don’t forget to bring your binoculars. Not to see the flowers better, but to find them at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But other than that, mom had a great time, and we could keep ourselves busy with the restaurant staff who, instead of serving us three vegan tomato soups, brought us four non-vegan tomato soups with cream in them. You know, that white stuff that comes from a cow and is not vegan and can cause dangerous scenes if consumed by someone with a cow’s milk allergy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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