How do they ship all these tulips??

I had no idea how hundreds of thousands of tulips made their way from the fields of the Netherlands to every place in the world.  Because tulips are fairly delicate, right?  And they only last a few weeks.  Well, maybe some of you know the answer to that but I certainly did not.  So I visited the tulip fields to find out...

SO MANY TULIPS

               

As I found out, tulip farmers are not interested in the actual flowers that they grow.  They have special mowers that chop the flowers off the stem in order to make a healthier bulb.  Then they wait a few months and harvest the bulbs - and that is what they ship all over the world - tulip bulbs.  Of course.

And they are everywhere - in the trees... and on the bikes...

I stayed at a very nice apartment near the beach

and rode my bike on the nice bike paths in the national park.

Happy spring!