The Netherlands

The famous red light district

[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…

Amsterdam

Diamonds are forever?

[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…

The Netherlands

Volendam

[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…

The Netherlands

About the guide of the tour

[March, 2011] This is a picture of the clog factory outside of Amsterdam, where we went with the tour. The guide of the tour was a fairly old, big woman with a lot of make-up,…

The Netherlands

Group tour to outskirts of Amsterdam

[March, 2011] We had booked a tour to outskirts of Amsterdam beforehand. Many people joined this tour and the bus was full. We went to a cheese factory, clog factory and a fishing village. I…