Spring vacation abroad
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Spring holiday is associated with many people with the update, new impressions, which you want to charge after the end of the winter period. It is in the spring season in many countries that carnivals, festivals, mass celebrations are held, as if symbolizing the renewal of not only nature, but life in principle. Recently, unprecedented popularity is enjoyed by travel to places of flowering of certain plants. Flower festivals, parades and exhibitions attract thousands of tourists and florists. We offer several variants of "flower" travel, when the spring holiday will be truly unforgettable and impressive.
Spring Holidays in Europe
Holland is not without reason called the flower paradise or the capital of flowers. On April warm days, a unique parade, called Blumenkorso, is held every year in Amsterdam, which translates as a solemn procession of flowers. Of course, the flowers themselves are not capable of walking proudly along the Amsterdam streets, they are exhibited in huge quantities, shown and then actually carried through the main streets of the city by proud professional florists and simply amateurs, of whom there are a great many. Amsterdam in April turns into an ocean of flowers, every small alley, every house, shop or hotel is decorated with flowers, everything literally drowns in roses, hyacinths, peonies, gerberas, and, of course, in tulips. Flower sculptures, compositions and even inscriptions appear everywhere, where the visitor, the visitor of Amsterdam, can fall. Spring holiday in April Amsterdam - it's just a ton of impressions and a million photos, at least, so formulate their enthusiastic reviews those lucky ones who already had the happiness to contemplate Blumenkorso.
Lilies of the valley are waiting for travelers in France, where every year in early May, everything is buried in these fragile, fragrant flowers. May Day the French celebrate the romantic and completely unique. The fact is that in the lily of the valley the country is a protected plant, it is listed in the Red Book. But in May, lilies of the valley can be torn, sold and simply given to all comers.
Spring holidays can be held not only in contemplation, but also more actively, that is, participate in a real flower battle, which takes place in May in the Spanish city of Cordoba. Las Cruces de Mayo - this is the name of the week of the May spring holidays, in which the real battle of Batalla de las Flores is included, when from bogies and decorated wagons, bouquets of carnations are thrown into the crowd, which the most dexterous spectators catch and throw back. Such a throwing of flowers is hardly a real struggle, rather it is a beautiful tradition, and the very sight of "flying" bouquets represents an impressive picture. Such an event takes place in France at the end of February, and then in the May days. Residents of Toulouse are happy to throw each other bouquets of violets. A fragrant, gentle flower is a symbol of an ancient French city.
Spring Holidays in Asia
Spring holidays can be planned in advance to go much further - to Japan. Spring comes to Japan earlier, it is called Haaru and is strongly associated with cherry blossoms - cherry blossoms. If you visit Japan in the period from the third decade of March to the middle of April, you can see an amazing sight - pink and white clouds, proudly crowning millions of cherry trees, which grow literally everywhere - about parks, city streets to temple territories. The cherry blossoms are not only supposed to be looked at, it is supposed to be admired and to contemplate its transformation. This tradition is called khans. In Japan, there are about 20 species of sakura, which also have variety varieties. There are weeping sakura - sidarezukury, there is a cherry blossoming with a snow-white color, - someyoshino. But the most unique, magnificent and ancient trees grow in Kyoto and Kamakura. If the spring holiday involves a stay in the fresh air and great impressions, then it is worth considering about a trip to the country of the rising sun.
Spring holiday in China - why not, the more that in the spring there is a stunning beauty festival of peonies. The last decade of April is marked by a state holiday, held in Luoyang, a city famous for its flowers. More than 700 species of all kinds of plants, including flowering plants grow on the territory of the city, but the greatest pride is the royal peony - a symbol of prosperity and happiness. Almost 70 hectares of the city park in April turns into an ocean of peonies, which are worth a look.
Spring holiday can be a planned trip, but even if you just get out on the nature and breathe the fresh air, you can enjoy the awakening earth with energy and positive, because the main thing in the spring is to restore your resources both physically and mentally.