ヘレヴートスライスはロッテルダム近くの港町。ここに友人を訪ねました。星の形のように走る運河が町を取り囲んでおり、町の端は海へと流れる川に向かって開けていて、船やヨットがのどかに浮かんでいます。夕暮れに向かう太陽が水面に反射して、きらきら光っていました。
翌日ライデンへ戻り、帰国の日までの数日をこの美しい街で過ごしました。
We visited our friends in a port town called Hellevoetsluis close to Rotterdam. The canal which encircles the town is almost star-shaped. One of the edges of the town is going into a big river, ships and boats, yachts are floating peacefully on the water.
We went back to Leiden the next day, and stayed in this town till we left the Netherlands.
We had a lovely reunion with our family, friends. Enjoyed full of beautiful nature, towns, music, and art, we greatly enjoyed our stay in the Netherlands. We found many things attractive in the Netherlands, and at the same time rediscovered Japanese life as attractive as much!