IN TRANSIT: AMSTERDAM -- Welcome to the Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer, the largest flower auction in the world. More than 20 million "stems" pass through the world's largest warehouse complex every day; the photo above is only the tiniest fraction of the total floor space of 1 million square meters. (Sorry, they use the metric system over here.) And nothing on the floor is available for sales to the tourists. I made sure to pick up some bulbs for Sophie, though...
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