I went to Kinderdijk in the Nederlands the other day when my friend from China came to visit. It’s a village close to Rotterdam. There are many lovely windmills in the area. I live in Flanders for a couple of years already, but strangely I haven’t explored this famous windmill village. Thanks to my friend’s visit, I finally got the chance to visit this place. It was actually easy for us to get there. First we took a train to Dordrecht from Belgium, then a direct bus to Kinderdijk. I guess sometimes we are lazy to explore the nearby area, thinking it’s nothing special but actually it can be as nice as more remote places.
We had a great day there. First we took a boat tour around the area and got to see many details of the classical windmills. The weather was great. We really enjoyed the boat tour, the personnel on the boat was super friendly, he was surprised that I can speak Dutch. He told me that they worked as volunteers here and told us if we want, can stay in the boat doing a few more circles around the area for free.
国内的朋友来找我玩的时候，我们去了鹿特丹附近的小孩堤坝，小孩堤坝是荷兰一个很有名的村庄。大家都知道荷兰队风车很有名，在这个区域有很多的风车。奇怪的是我在比利时的弗兰德斯住了好多年，喜欢旅游的我居然从来没有去过这个名声在外的小孩堤坝风车村。多亏朋友来找我玩，才兴起想去逛逛。从我这里过去很容易，首先搭火车去荷兰南部的城市多德雷赫特，然后从那里有直达公车到风车村。很多人应该跟我一样，不屑于探索周边有意思的地方，总觉得没什么特别的，但其实并不是一定要去很远的地方才能看到美景。
我们玩得挺开心，这个区域很安静，除了一些古老的风车，还有很多绿地。首先我们坐小船游了一圈，船员非常友好，他很惊奇我会说荷兰语。他告诉这里很多的工作人员都是志愿者，我们如果玩的开心可以继续待在再游几圈。想待多久都可以。
The area is great for a walk in a sunny summer day. After the boat tour, we took a walk around. It was super peaceful and serene.
小孩堤坝除了风车之外，还有一些绿地可以散步。我跟朋友坐完船就到处走走，在不算热的夏天，这简直是最舒适的户外活动了。
