So many colors and varieties. It's hard to just pick a few. We've passed by this spot many, many times on our drive to the base and finally stopped this morning for some fresh flowers.
The amazing thing- no one is there. It's all based on the honor system. Think this would work in the United States? The prices are all listed based on which flowers you cut.
We brought scissors to cut ours, then realized they even have little knives readily available for customers to use. How convenient.
Even being super cheap little knives, for some reason seeing them lying there I was surprised. Looks too easy for someone to just take off with them- but they don't. I feel bad for even having those thoughts cross my mind, but it's true. I'm not sure this would work in the US. The cheap knives or the flowers. I'd like to have a little more faith in our society, but it just feels like there is always so much dishonesty. So sad. It also makes it that much more impressive to see it working over here and the good of this culture and country.
You pick your flowers, cut them and put your money in the slot. Easy as that. If I translated it correctly, part of the sign says, "Only paid flowers bring friends." Of course, you can't tell if everyone pays what they owe for the flowers they cut and take, but it seems to be working.
After rain last night, it was a bit muddy, but still so cool to walk the row and pick which colors we wanted. A tad more than the German grocery store {about 57 cents each for tulips}, but a much cooler experience. That's why we're here, right? It's all about the experience.
Next Spring, we plan to take a trip to Amsterdam to see the Spring Festival of flowers. Until then, I'm loving these. Tulips are tulips and they're all absolutely gorgeous.
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