[March, 2011] One weekend when I felt that spring has come, I went to Mantova in Italy.It is a fairly big town with a lot to see such as  a castle and a palace and…

[March, 2011] Dutch people are famous for their height. I used to have a Dutch pen friend  and he was more than 190 cm and his female cousin was 210cm. They are all big in…

[March, 2011] In European continent, the shops are usually closed on Sundays, but here in Amsterdam they were open. It is a very important element for tourists. On top of that, although the Netherlands is…

[March, 2011] In the Netherlands, they carry children with you in this way as you can see in this photo. Clever, aren’t they.

[March, 2011] When I went to China long time ago, I was overwhelmed by the number of bicycles. But China has achieved economic development and bicycles are being replaced by cars. Now the Netherlands must…

[March, 2011] We went through the canals in Amsterdam by a tour boat. The total length of the canals is 150km apparently. We saw the houseboats closely. Some had small gardens and made me wonder…

[March, 2011] If you expand this photo and look carefully at near the bottom of the right-hand side, you may see a couple ladies in the show windows. This is near the central station in…

[March, 2011] One of the places we went with the tour in Amsterdam was a diamond factory. Of course you can buy one there, but it was not realistic. The cheapest stone was like a…

[March, 2011] This is a house in a small fishing village called Volendam, which is not far from Amsterdam. I thought it was a seashore, but in fact it was a lake. To get to…