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- Narrator: It's springtime in the Netherlands, and the countryside is all aglow with colorful blossoms, which enhance the proverbial picturesqueness of the old windmills and instill the hearts of all nature lovers with the romantic spirit of spring.
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- Narrator: In conclusion, we feel that no more poetic tribute could be given to any country than the fact that it developed and gave to the western world one of its most colorful flowers, the tulip. And it is with this thought that we most reluctantly say "Farewell" to springtime in the Netherlands.