1029. Tulip Fragrance

In the next two days, King Simba stole the limelight. Qin Shiou reckoned that he had become the pride of the lynx family. He was a fox pretending to be a tiger, and it was a cat pretending to be Xiongwei. Majestic.

It's a pity that Xiong Da is too lazy. Except when he is fighting with the tiger, leopard, wolf and pineapple, he will only run when Qin Shiou and Wei Ni take him to lose weight and exercise. At other times, he will find a place to hide and sleep.

Qin Shiou didn't understand, where did this bear sleep so much? He used to think that bears were just lazy and would sleep when they had nothing to do.

However, after searching the information on the Internet, he found that Kodiak brown bears are more diligent because they have a big appetite and need to keep walking to find food, otherwise they will only be hungry.

Therefore, Kodiak brown bears are relatively fit, and their fighting power is also particularly sturdy. They are almost invincible in the mountains and forests of North America, such as North American mountain lions, North American gray wolves, wild boars, and cheetahs. When they see them, they can only run away. share.

At the end of March, the Seafood Expo in Amsterdam was about to be held, and Butler had already obtained the qualification to participate in the exhibition, and asked Qin Shiou to take Wei Ni and the child to the Netherlands for a tour.

Winnie shook her head and said that she would not go, just let Qin Shiou go and have a look by himself, she wants to look after the child at home, after all, the little melon is too small to take a plane.

In this way, Qin Shiou had to take two full-time bodyguards, Bird and Nelson, to travel, and St. John's had a direct flight to Amsterdam, which was actually very convenient to travel.

Amsterdam is the largest city in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. Its name comes from l-dam, a dam on the Amstel River, which is now the site of Dam Square.

Before the late 12th century. Amsterdam was just a small fishing village, and due to the development of trade, the city became an important port in the world during the Dutch Golden Age. In that era, Amsterdam was a center of finance and diamonds.

Now its status is also very important, it is the fourth largest airport in Europe after London, Paris and Frankfurt.

The plane landed at the airport. As soon as Qin Shiou walked out with his luggage on his back, a taxi stopped in front of him, and the driver poked his head out and asked in fluent English, "Hey, friend, where are you going?"

Qin Shiou reported the name of a hotel, which was the address Butler gave him. Said to arrange the itinerary for him.

Upon hearing the hotel name 'Tulip Fragrance', the middle-aged driver laughed and said, "I think you must be Chinese, right?"

Qin Shiou asked: "Does my accent have a Chinese flavor?"

The middle-aged driver shook his head,

He smiled and said: "No. Most of the tourists from the East who like to live in the Tulip Hotel are Chinese. Jack Chen, Kung Fu Dragon, he once made a movie there, the movie is called "Who Am I", you Should know, right?"

Qin Shiou nodded and said, "Yes. I know. I've seen this movie. It turned out that it was filmed in Amsterdam? Oh. Please forgive me, I was very young when I watched this movie, and I lacked knowledge of the world."

He watched this movie when he was in elementary school. At that time, he didn't even know New York and Los Angeles, but he didn't know Amsterdam.

When Nelson and Byrd got into the car, the driver enthusiastically introduced the situation of the movie "Who Am I" in Amsterdam.

Qin Shiou really didn't know about the situation before. After listening to the driver's introduction, I realized that Jackie Chan is very famous in Amsterdam. Almost on par with top Hollywood superstars.

When filming "Who Am I", the Amsterdam city government gave a lot of preferential treatment. Among them, on October 3rd, 4th, and 5th, the city government stipulated that the main road outside the wharf be closed for 6 hours a day, and even the six-lane expressway outside the municipal building was also sealed for filming.

The Dutch navy sent more than 300 officers and soldiers to participate in the performance, including marines, frogmen, military vehicles and multi-purpose fighters, and they only need to provide meals without paying.

After going abroad, Qin Shiou found that many things in China were different from those in foreign countries. Jackie Chan's reputation in China was mediocre. Because of the Little Dragon Girl incident and his son's trivial matters, many new generation movie fans did not take him seriously.

But in foreign countries, Jackie Chan is very famous, even in Hollywood, he is a famous actor with great appeal. In the city of Amsterdam, Jackie Chan is simply synonymous with Chinese movies and Chinese Kung Fu.

The tulip is the national flower of the Netherlands. After the taxi enters the urban area, parks will appear every now and then, with lush tulips growing in them.

The driver enthusiastically introduced the varieties of these flowers to them, but Qin Shiou couldn't tell them apart. What he saw was that the golden flowers bloomed vigorously in early spring, making the city full of enthusiasm.

The car finally stopped at the entrance of a big hotel that looked old. The doorman helped to open the door. Qin Shiou handed him a ten-dollar bill. The doorman immediately smiled, and then helped carry the luggage upstairs.

Qin Shiou didn't go upstairs directly. He stood in the square in front of the hotel and looked around. He was still very curious when he came to the Netherlands for the first time.

Opposite the hotel are some simple buildings, and on both sides are magnificent high-rise buildings. Qin Shiou was a little strange, so he asked the doorman, "Are those buildings the former residences of celebrities?"

The doorman said cautiously: "No, sir, that's a lesson from history. This used to be a Jewish ghetto. Before World War II, it was opposite the Shining Church of Judaism."

Then, the doorman told Qin Shiou a historical event.

On May 10, 1940, Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands. The Germans established the Nazi regime in Amsterdam and began to persecute the Jews. Although some citizens took great risks to shelter the Jews, in the end more than 100,000 Dutch Jews were imprisoned in concentration camps, and only about 5,000 Dutch Jews survived.

At the end of World War II, communication between Amsterdam and other regions was completely cut off, and food and fuel were also extremely short. During the winter, many trees in the city were cut down by the citizens for firewood. The Jewish houses were first demolished, and later demolished to the Guanghui Church. Although the believers tried their best to protect them, most of the wood was robbed. null.

After the end of World War II, the Amsterdam municipal government was deeply ashamed of this, so they preserved this unusable church as a warning, hoping that people can restrain their desires and preserve their conscience.

The little doorman saw that Qin Shiou was paying attention to the old church, and thought he liked this kind of old-fashioned architecture, so he gave him a few places to visit.

Amsterdam has preserved a large number of old buildings. After World War II, the city once fell into the enthusiasm for demolition and reconstruction. The pre-war Jewish ghetto was demolished, and some narrow streets, such as Jewish Street, were also demolished.

The large-scale demolition of old buildings angered some citizens and eventually triggered the "New Square Riot". Later, the demonstrations of the citizens achieved results, and the demolition and expansion of the street was terminated, and only the subway would continue to be built underground, which also largely protected the old buildings and the cityscape. (to be continued)