{"id":216,"date":"2011-08-23T08:30:06","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T13:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/?p=216"},"modified":"2012-12-18T22:17:09","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T03:17:09","slug":"flowers-flowers-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2011\/08\/23\/flowers-flowers-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Flowers, Flowers, Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-172\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/08\/flowers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/08\/flowers.jpg 240w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/08\/flowers-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>Medellin just finished its Feria de Flores.\u00a0 This year brought even more people into the city since Medellin is also one of the host cities for the Under 20 World Cup Soccer tournament.\u00a0 So the city has been full, full, full with activities, parades (antique cars, dogs, children\u2019s flower parade, horses, etc.) concerts of all styles and genres of music, and a big orchid show.\u00a0 The major attraction is what you see above&#8211;the silletas of flowers.\u00a0 This follows the tradition of the florists from up in the mountains who used to carry their flowers on their backs into Medellin on these silletas to sell them in the city.\u00a0 It makes for a beautiful and colorful week and festival that everyone enjoys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=216&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medellin just finished its Feria de Flores.\u00a0 This year brought even more people into the city since Medellin is also one of the host cities for the Under 20 World Cup Soccer tournament.\u00a0 So the city has been full, full, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2011\/08\/23\/flowers-flowers-flowers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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