Up bright and early Monday morning to catch the Flower Auction action at Aalsmeer. Monday was to be a day trip to Delft and The Hague. But en route to Delft, we first made a stoop at Flora Holland in Aalsmeer. The Flower Auction is a vast trading floor of fresh flowers and plants. Beginning at 7:00 a.m. weekdays, the public can view the action from a catwalk above the flower warehouse floor. And there is a lot of flower power to view. Flowers grown in The Netherlands and all over the world are traded here. Greenhouses around Aalsmeer ready local flowers. But, flowers are also shipped in from all over the world, with Kenya, Ethiopia, Israel, Belgium and Germany as the top exporters. Once sold, the flowers are shipped out again to buyers all over
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