{"id":2691,"date":"2021-06-15T22:34:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T22:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/?p=2691"},"modified":"2021-07-13T16:16:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T16:16:44","slug":"cruise-ship-travel-is-blossoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/15\/cruise-ship-travel-is-blossoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruise ship travel is blossoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Luxury Travel Advisor <em>We Make Travel Easy<\/em> Announces\u00a0Exclusive Floriade Expo and River Cruise<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Floriade is a Dutch horticultural event, held just once a decade and is the largest international floral expo. In 2022, for the seventh iteration of the expo, nature lovers and the sustainability-inclined will be heading to Almere, a modern \u201cgarden city,\u201d which is close to Amsterdam.\u00a0The theme of the 2022 Expo is \u201cGrowing Green Cities,\u201d which will focus on the need to combine nature and cities. Around two million visitors are expected to the exposition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sandy Lipkowitz is the owner of <em>We Make Travel Easy <\/em>and a recent recipient of <em>Conde Nast Traveler\u2019s \u201c2021 Top Travel Specialist\u201d <\/em>accolade.\u00a0<em>We Make Travel Easy\u2019s<\/em> <strong>Floriade 2022 and Beyond <\/strong>itinerary will feature this most important International Horticulture Expo.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"(Audio 114) Sail Sport Talk with Karen Lile and Rick Tittle: Pan Am Clipper Planes; Sandra Lipkowitz\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/560608974?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the featured Floriade Expo, the <strong>Floriade 2022 and Beyond<\/strong> tour will include a post-Floriade private ship charter aboard the luxury AmaWaterways\u2019 beautiful AmaPrima to experience several very special gardens in The Netherlands and Belgium. The ten-day itinerary is scheduled for May 29-June 7, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Additional Details about Floriade Expo 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Running from April to October, Floriade Expo 2022 will include an extensive number of exhibits and events, with the theme of \u201cGrowing Green Cities,\u201d encompassing green food, energy and health. It\u2019s a critical issue given that by 2050, almost 70% of the global population will live in cities on just 2% of the earth\u2019s surface area. With this in mind, Floriade has committed to creating new buildings that will have a continued use in the future within the new city district of Hortus in Almere.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Additional Details\/Itinerary for the Floriade 2022 and Beyond<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May 29-June 7, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Two-night pre-cruise in Amsterdam:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Day 1: Sunday, May 29, 2022\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amsterdam hotel check-in with Cruise Manager.<br>Welcome Reception and Briefing. Free time at night.<br><br>Day 2: Monday, May 30, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All-day Floriade excursion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cruise portion begins:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Day 3 (embarkation day\/day one of cruise): Tuesday May 31, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Custom tour to Aalsmeer Flower Auction\u2013largest flower auction in the world, followed by second day at Floriade. Embarkation on AmaPrima in late afternoon.<br><br>Day 4 (Amsterdam): Wednesday June 1, 2022\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morning Amsterdam Canal Cruise, followed by cruise to Utrecht.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Utrecht \u2013 choice of one of the following custom garden excursions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Custom Paleis Het Loo excursion with gardens OR<\/li><li>Custom Vlinderhof Gardens (designed by Piet Oudolf)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0Day 5 (Veere): Thursday June 2, 2022\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Morning \u2013 cruising the Delta.<\/li><li>Afternoon \u2013 Veere walking tour with oyster tasting OR\u00a0<\/li><li>Bike tour OR\u00a0<\/li><li>Middleburg w\/ Roosevelt house visit<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0Day 6 (Ghent): Friday June 3, 2022\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Morning \u2013 Ghent walking tour OR Bike tour<\/li><li>Afternoon \u2013 Bruges highlight tour OR Ghent \u201cCastle of the Counts of Flanders\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Day 7 (Brussels): Saturday June 4, 2022\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Morning \u2013 custom garden excursion at Rozentuin Coloma (Rose Garden) followed by choice of afternoon excursions.<\/li><li>Afternoon \u2013 choice of city tour OR Chocolate Special Interest Tour OR Bike Tour<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Day 8 (Antwerp): Sunday June 5, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Morning \u2013 custom garden excursion to Arboretum Wespelaar\u00a0<\/li><li>Afternoon \u2013 choice or Antwerp walking tour OR Beer OR Waffles &amp; Chocolate OR Bike Tour<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Day 9 (Dordrecht): Monday June 6, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Morning \u2013 custom garden excursion to Botanical Garden in Leiden\u00a0<\/li><li>Afternoon \u2013 Kinderdijk Windmills OR Bike Tour<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Day 10 (Amsterdam): Tuesday June 7, 2022 \u2013 Disembark from ship in the morning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information and booking instructions,\u00a0please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/wemaketraveleasy.com\/floriade-expo\">https:\/\/wemaketraveleasy.com\/floriade-expo<\/a> or call (415) 931-1945<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luxury Travel Advisor We Make Travel Easy Announces\u00a0Exclusive Floriade Expo and River Cruise Floriade is a Dutch horticultural event, held just once a decade and is the largest international floral expo. In 2022, for the seventh iteration of the expo, nature lovers and the sustainability-inclined will be heading to Almere, a modern \u201cgarden city,\u201d which is close to Amsterdam.\u00a0The theme of the 2022 Expo is \u201cGrowing Green Cities,\u201d which will focus on the need to combine nature and cities. Around two million visitors are expected to the exposition Sandy Lipkowitz is the owner of We Make Travel Easy and a&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[428,435,433,434,429,430,432,436,431],"class_list":["post-2691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the_show","tag-amsterdam","tag-antwerp","tag-bruges","tag-brussels","tag-floriade-expo","tag-floriade-expo-2022","tag-ghent","tag-growing-green-cities","tag-veere"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1a.FloriadeBirdsEye_withlabels.jpg?fit=1500%2C907&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2691"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2759,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2691\/revisions\/2759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}