HOLLAND

The first impression Holland give me was full of rural atmosphere. It is the symbol of cheese and windmill. We went to a farm as soon as we got there. A farmer led us to the workshop. He showed us the way of making a pair of wood shoes first. The his wife, a American showed us how to turn milk in to cheese. We tasted different flavor of cheese, and I like natural best. After the farm, we went to a collage. It made me feel uncomfortable cause nearly everyone there were smoking. Then I figured out that students mustn’t smoke in the teaching buildings, so they all come out and took a cigarette. I really think China are better at this part, at least we have a rule which pointed out nobody can smoke in the public places! We learnt a few Dutch there and as reward we taught them some Chinese. When we got back to the bus, we all can say ‘good afternoon’ to the Dutch driver. Within a few cheese and a lot of memory, we left the beautiful place famous for the wood shoes and the windmills.

Belgium

Belgium, the dream of people who love chocolate and diamond. And I accidently being one of these people. Stand on the Grande Place; I could smell the sweetness of the chocolate factories that were coming from every direction. We went to one of the most famous chocolate factories and saw how chocolate bricks turn into delicious and good-looking chocolates with our own eyes. We also saw the famous Manneken Pis. There is a story of this brave little boy. It is said that in a war, Belgian won, so people gathered and celebrated. But they don’t know their enemies had lighted many explosives to destroy the city. However a little boy went out to pee and he soon found the explosives. Cleverly he put it off with his urine and saved the whole city. But the most impressive part for me was the female Manneken Pis. The Belgian built a female one to show the equality of male and female. I really respect them for doing this. I wondered when everybody in China can understand the equality of male and female. We didn’t have a chance to see the diamond but I already earned a lot during this short trip in sweet Belgium.