On May 10, 1940, the Germany army invaded the Netherlands, with the intention of conquering the country in one day. However, they were met with fierce resistance and so on May 14, 1940, the Germans bombed Rotterdam, destroying the heart of the city, killing 800 people and leaving 80, 000 others homeless. The Germans also threatened to bomb other cities, to which the Netherlands then surrendered to.

Ossip Zadkine, a Russian Jewish sculptor, who had been through WW1 and WW2, captured this tragedy with his statue Stad Zonder Hart, which also means, City without a Heart. It is a memorial to the destruction of the city centre of Rotterdam by the Germans in 1940.

From 1950s through 1970, the city was rebuilt with apartments, office buildings, recreation facilities, etc, of new styles. These are the pictures which I have taken in Rotterdam. See how different they are from other cities of Netherlands.

Last but not least…

Pictures taken in Den Haag, Nederland.

We went to Anne Frank House, and then to Rijksmuseum, which is the national museum It was so cold a walk from one museum to another. I nearly froze.

Raein is not going to like the next two pictures…

One of the nicest Christmas tree…

Pictures taken in Amsterdam, Nederland.

Not to forget the food! This was lunch…

…and this was dinner.

Not to forget the rabbit!

She is known as Nijntje in Nederland, and she is pretty popular there.

Someone said Miffy is more popular in Nederland than Hello Kitty is in Japan. What do you think?

Pictures taken in Maastricht, Nederland.

How about some sheep…

How about some hair…

Pictures taken in Brielle, Nederland.

Some time ago, I wrote about the holocaust diary of Rutka Laskier’s Diary, and my intention to read it. Well, I have not read it because I kind of forgot about it, but someone bought me the Anne Frank’s Diary and I finished reading it some time ago. Though not too thoroughly… oops.

Guess what? I was at Anne Frank’s House in Amsterdam last week and I or rather, some cute took a picture of me with the statue of Anne Frank…

and a picture of the Anne Frank House…

Picture credit from the cute one since I dont have the right cable to copy the pictures which I have taken from my camera to this laptop and my camera’s SD card is too small for the card-reader slot of this laptop and we only have one laptop here and the cute has the right cable to copy the pictures from his camera to this laptop and…

Sorry, too much uninteresting info.

I stole his pictures.

I miss you peeps!

By the way, have you seen this?

I wrote it before I came here and now I have lotsa real pictures! I will upload them when I get back. Till then, take care and Merry Christmas!