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Weekend escape (1) – Utrecht, Netherlands 週末出走記(1)——荷蘭烏德勒支

After a month in Germany, things are mostly settled and I can start thinking about making weekend trips to visit some good friends. The Netherlands were an obvious choice, because I have a buddy who would put together memorable journeys for each of my last 3 visits. This time there is an extra reason: to visit a city called Utrecht where he and his girlfriend moved to several months ago. 來到德國已一個月,趁週末有空短途外遊一下,探探好友。荷蘭我以前已到過三次了,每次荷蘭好友都會悉心安排行程,這次適逢他搬家到烏德勒支(Utrecht)幾個月,我也因利成便可以到訪荷蘭又一個新地方。 After an overnight train trip (arriving on 8th June), I took a brief pause at my buddy’s place before he and his girlfriend took me on a tour of the city, starting from the canal near their place. They asked me to guess why many drivers would lower the car windows as they drove past the row of houses along that stretch of the canal. It turns out that it was a red light district (which is legal in the Netherlands) and many people were obviously quite curious. But apparently the road was also an accident ...