Venlo is a lovely small town in the southeastern Netherlands,
situated in the province of Limburg, close to German Border.
It was my first time experiencing how really close are the European countries.
A ten minutes drive brings you to another culture!
「芬洛小鎮」座落於荷蘭的東南方，屬林堡省，又靠近德國的邊境。
這是我第一次深刻的體會到歐洲國家的鄰近感。
怎麼一個簡單的十分鐘車程，就能帶我們到了另一個國渡了呢！
The first impression I got from my dutch friends knowing that I was visiting Venlo was:
" There's nothing to do there!"
Perhaps, but I also trusted my friend Bas who had invited me to stay at his parents' place while he's away in Taiwan and I was studying in Europe.
He said, " The nature is awesome!"
當我其他荷蘭朋友們知道我要去芬洛時，他們的反應皆是
：『那裡沒什麼好看的啦！』
或許吧，但是我相信我的朋友廷安，他邀請了我去他在荷蘭的家玩。
剛好那個時候我在歐洲念書，而他在台灣工作，雖說錯開了，不過沒什麼關係!
他說：『那裡的自然很美！』
After a six days visit in Netherlands,
It turns out that my favorite place in Netherlands should be Venlo,
I love the nature and the hospitality here!
Before seeing some landscape, maybe it's better to know the people first.
最後，我總共在荷蘭旅行了六天。
我想我最喜歡的地方非芬洛小鎮所屬了。
我真的很喜歡當地的大自然和和藹的居民。
在與大家分享風景之前，我想「認識人」也很重要吧！
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她的名子是 Juulke (Julie)，是姐姐。 Her name is Juulke (Julie), the elder sister. |
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我第一次認識她們的時候，她們剛好參加完一場婚禮。 They just came back from a wedding when I first met them. |
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她的名字是Noortje (Norah)，是妹妹。 Her name is Noortje (Norah), the younger sister. |
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她們最喜歡在爺爺奶奶的花園裡玩了！ They love to play at their grandparents' garden! |
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Noortje 非常喜歡玩沙， 她的奶奶總說有一天她可以成為沙畫家！ Noortje loves to play with sand, Her grandmother always said that she could be a sand artist one day! |
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Juulke 喜歡玩盪鞦韆。 Juulke loves to play the swings! |
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Noortje 在吃薯條。奶奶說每個星期五她們都可以吃薯條。 荷蘭人的主食有許多的炸物，由於鄰近比利時，薯條也是他們的強項之一。 平日走在街頭，可以找到薯條的專賣店，淋上特調的美乃滋，相當美味。 奶奶還偷偷和我說，當她們來台灣的時候，吃太多飯會不習慣，還會偶爾跑去麥當勞懷念家鄉味。 Noortje was eating fries. Their grandmother said they could eat french fries every friday. The traditional dutch dishes are mainly consist of fried food. Since they are really close to Belgium, french fries is one of their specialties. While you walk on the streets, you could always find little shops at the corner sales only french fries, dipped with a special kind of mayonnaise: Extremely delicious! The grandmother had told me that when they visited Taiwan, to avoid too much rice-eating dinners; sometimes, they escaped to McDonald's for some changes. |
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在森林裡玩沙！ Playing sand in the forest！ 最後，謝謝 Brûll 家族！希望你們也可來台灣玩！ Finally, lots of thanks to the Brûlls! Hope you will visit Taiwan soon! 請敬請期待下一篇：芬洛小鎮的美景 Coming Soon: Breathtaking landscapes in Venlo |
