{"id":1907,"date":"2025-04-02T11:46:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T09:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/?p=1907"},"modified":"2025-04-02T11:46:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T09:46:27","slug":"a-river-of-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/?p=1907","title":{"rendered":"A River of Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/486806638_1051830126991647_8646215642624150742_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/486806638_1051830126991647_8646215642624150742_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/486806638_1051830126991647_8646215642624150742_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/486806638_1051830126991647_8646215642624150742_n-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Netherlands are famous for their flowers and nowhere else can you see so many of them in gorgeous presentations as in Keukenhof in Lisse. 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