Floriade 2012 in Venlo, A World Horticultural Expo staged once in every ten years in Netherlands.
Floriade 2012 features each day a cultural programme of music, dance, literature, theatre and visual art from all over the world. Sustainable, pioneering architectural eye catchers, as never seen before, will be shown for the first time at Floriade 2012. With countless exciting, innovative and educational attractions and activities, Floriade 2012 is a spectacular voyage of discovery for children.
Or enjoy a picnic surrounded by flowers and trees, lounge on the banks of the water and delight in the countless shows and parades.
Floriade 2012 lets you experience nature. Using the senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell you can experience at first hand the influence horticulture has on the quality of our daily lives.
Floriade 2012 in Venlo, A World Horticultural Expo staged once in every ten years in Netherlands.
Floriade 2012 features each day a cultural programme of music, dance, literature, theatre and visual art from all over the world. Sustainable, pioneering architectural eye catchers, as never seen before, will be shown for the first time at Floriade 2012. With countless exciting, innovative and educational attractions and activities, Floriade 2012 is a spectacular voyage of discovery for children.
Or enjoy a picnic surrounded by flowers and trees, lounge on the banks of the water and delight in the countless shows and parades.
Floriade 2012 lets you experience nature. Using the senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell you can experience at first hand the influence horticulture has on the quality of our daily lives.
The World Horticultural Expo in Netherlands is in this occasion in Venlo.
More than 100 exhibitors will together pay tribute to horticulture. The park comprises five unique worlds: themed zones connected by wooded areas. Worlds in which you will see, feel and experience nature in a constantly changing way.
Each day features a cultural programme of music, dance, literature, theatre and visual art from all over the world. Sustainable, pioneering architectural eye catchers, as never seen before, will be shown for the first time at Floriade 2012. With countless exciting, innovative and educational attractions and activities, Floriade 2012 is a spectacular voyage of discovery for children. You can also walk along a thematic route or enjoy a birds eye view of the park from the 30-metre-high cable-car system (not included in the ticket).
Tra Que is a charming little village on the edge of Hoi An, named after the sweet scented vegetables that spice up the everyday meals of the Pho Hoi people. In the morning cycle out to a local farm in Tra Que village. You will take a trip around the vegetable garden and join the farmers in preparing the land and fertilizing it with seaweed. Continue with other processes such as raking, sowing, watering greens, picking greens and many more gardening activities. Spend the rest of the morning working the land before breaking to prepare lunch with a local family. Lunch will consist of many local delicacies including "tam huu" spring roll and banh xeo, a type of stuffed pancake. After lunch and the exertions of the morning, take an even more traditional Vietnamese postprandial nap before learning how to harvest and wrap the vegetables. Cycle back to Hoi An visiting the Nhat Tomb en-route.
After being picked up from hotel in Tainan, you will be transferred to Tainan City to explore this ancient capital. The first historial site starts from Eternal Golden Castle. This castle was designed into a square platform and was equipped by cannons at the 4 corner bations. The central area was a practice place. Moats on each side are for sercurity purpose. You will then be transferred to Old Tait & Co. Merchant House, one of the top five foreign companies in Anping in the 19th century trading opium, camphor and sugar. The western designed buildings of Old Tait & Co. Merchant House was the providence of the trading history for Taiwan and foreign companies. Next, you will visit Anping Tree House. Adjacent to the Tait & Co., it was one the warehouse of Tait & Co. in the beginning. Nowadays, it formed a special scene with trees wind around the house. At the end, you will be taken to enjoy Tainan snack.