Amsterdam is a tourist city, but compared to spring and summer, the scenery of Amsterdam in winter is less beautiful, more depressed and historical, there are no tulips everywhere, but the bicycles everywhere are still shuttling through the streets and alleys, and the old streets and art collection shops everywhere fill the city, telling the city's heritage to the people who pass by.

Lin Qing has no love for European art, most of these street storefronts are the works of modern painters, or the works of contemporary painters, it cannot be said that they have no artistic value, but compared to those well-known works, they are much less famous, maybe the painters have to die before they can be recognized.

Today is St. Nicholas' Day, a festival that is not well-known in China, but is very important in the Netherlands.

The name of the festival comes from the old man who wore a big red robe and a white beard and liked to give gifts to children, and his name was none other than St. Nicholas. Every year, St. Nicholas sails from Spain to the Netherlands for a grand festival. Dressed in a red robe and a pointed red hat with a golden cross on it, he led the festive procession through the crowds on a white horse with a golden staff, and was warmly welcomed by the Dutch people wherever he passed.

Lin Qing went out very late, so he didn't see the scene of St. Nicholas celebrating the procession, but all kinds of streamers scattered on the street and the still excited crowd silently told the lively scene just now.

The Dutch love to eat during the holidays, and everyone eats together, and the people near the street will put out all kinds of snacks, many categories, different styles, attracting the attention of tourists and passers-by, and the most important thing is that the price is very cheap.

When Lin Qing found Yu Dan, they were visiting the Van Gogh Art Museum.

Standing in front of the gate of the museum, Lin Qing thought of the photos and sketches in the wallet he got yesterday.

Entering the exhibition hall, Lin Qing relied on the memory of looking at the picture yesterday, and directly found the two paintings he saw on the note yesterday, and was slightly surprised in his heart, although the person who drew the picture was scribbled, but the accuracy was very high, and it should have been prepared for a long time.

Lin Qing carefully observed the environment of the museum, there were not too many differences with the sketches, the person who drew the picture must have been to this museum many times, and he was really ready to start with the two cultural relics, and the preparation was relatively sufficient.

In the afternoon, the sun began to slowly set, the temperature began to drop rapidly, the winter cold began to show, the original short-sleeved shorts, sunglasses, and now I was so hot in summer that the people were forced to disappear, and there were many pedestrians hurrying by in down jackets on the streets.

Xia Xiaoxue had to take Lin Qing to visit Amsterdam's characteristic street, Window Street, which is the so-called red light district.

After Lin Qing came to the Netherlands, he has been to the red light district, after all, here and to Beijing, you must visit the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, this is the sign of the Netherlands, you don't go to the red light district, you are embarrassed to say that you have been to the Netherlands?

Lin Qing was defeated in the expectant eyes of the two, and took two bodyguards to the red light district, but it was now afternoon, what was there to visit in the red light district?

Amsterdam's Red Light District, located on the banks of two canals, Oudezijds Voorburgwal and O.Z. Ahterburgwal, in the old town, intersects with the canals six or seven streets and a dozen blocks. It was once a place for seafarers to have fun, and it was a gathering place for all kinds of erotic cultures.

Although it is December, the girls in the red light district are still wearing revealing clothes to show their charm in the windows, looking forward to the arrival of customers, although it is now afternoon, but because of the festival, the whole block is still full of pedestrians.

Many girls without booths are wandering on the street, constantly accosting passers-by, using various tricks to attract customers, and some unrestrained girls directly take the hands of passers-by and touch their breasts.

Strictly speaking, it is very boring to accompany two women to visit the red light district, because you will have girls to talk to you, you can only look at it, you can't try the Dutch culture, and the second point is to deal with the harassment from time to time, this street is mixed, gangsters, thieves, police, robbers are mixed in, and accidents will happen if you are not careful.

After walking around for a while, Lin Qing was a little distracted, after all, there would be no stunning colors here, there were four or five people queuing up outside the window girl who was a little beautiful, and there were two stunning people beside him.

The scenery in the window began to be fresh, and if you see more, you should change the scenery of a tour, after all, the characteristics here are rare to see such a bright leather and meat business except for Japan.

Yu Dan and Xia Xiaoxue's novelty quickly passed, and the two just came to take a look at the legendary street, after all, when it comes to the Netherlands, people only have tulips and sex in their minds.

Returning from the red light district to the Earl's Palace is a big detour, which is also a feature of Amsterdam, where the poor and the rich can be distinguished by the place where they live.

The rich are concentrated near the canals in the city center, the middle class lives on the Gentlemen's Canal, while the poor live on the third canal, the Kaisei Canal, and the Red Light District is on both sides of the Kaiserkecanal and the Gentlemen's Canal, some distance from the city center.

Back at the castle, the old butler Joe Hart was pacing back and forth anxiously, and when he saw Lin Qing, he ran over directly: "Young master, I have to attend the royal family's dinner tonight, how can you come back so late, my God, there are less than two hours, I hope everything is in time."

Lin Qing was a little inexplicable, didn't he still have two hours? How could it be too late?

Joe Hart waved his hand, walked out of the castle a few middle-aged women, and then pulled Lin Qing and Yu Dan and began to walk towards the second floor of the castle.

In the cloakroom on the second floor.

Lin Qing was fiddled with by two middle-aged women for nearly half an hour like a wooden man.

Finally, after determining what style of watch Lin Qing wore on his left hand with Lin Qing's clothes, what style of ring on his right hand matched Lin Qing's temperament, and what kind of tie he wore to show his extraordinary, he began to put on makeup on Lin Qing's face.

Lin Qing felt that he didn't need to put on makeup, because his face was very clean, and there was nothing to hide, but the makeup artist still smeared a bunch of things on Lin Qing's face, and then wiped it off, and after this process lasted a few times, he nodded with satisfaction.

Joe Hart stood aside and watched quietly, reminding him from time to time, and finally finished when Lin Qing was impatient.

Lin Qing's nightmare continued, and just after changing his clothes, the etiquette instructor who made Lin Qing feel pain appeared again. The ceremonial officer smiled at Lin Qing: "Mr. Earl, it's an honor to meet you again, let me explain to you some etiquette that needs to be paid attention to."

Although Lin Qing is very resistant to these things in his heart, he still studies very seriously, this is respect for others, but also a kind of respect for other people's culture, and there is no so-called admiration of foreign flattery, just like eating Westerners like to use knives and forks Chinese like to use chopsticks, usually eat Western food with chopsticks and eat nothing, but if you go to a foreigner's home as a guest, you hold a pair of chopsticks to eat Western food, it is an impolite behavior.

Now Lin Qing is going to be a guest at the Dutch royal family's house, if he doesn't pay attention to basic etiquette, this is disrespectful to others and to himself.

After suffering for more than forty minutes, Lin Qing was finally able to leave the school, but the etiquette officer told Lin Qing that this was just basic etiquette, and there were many occasions when Lin Qing needed to learn the etiquette slowly in the future, Lin Qing's heart was close to collapse, and he thought in his heart that if he wanted to attend some activities by himself in the future, it would be better to find a reason to push them all away, and sure enough, these so-called high society are all pretending to be criminals.

Lin Qing stood in the living room and waited for Yu Dan to come downstairs, Yu Dan didn't need to learn etiquette, the etiquette officer just told her that keeping a smile was the biggest etiquette, but she took more time than Lin Qing.

The dress is not custom-made, it belongs to a finished product sold by a private brand, and the time is too rushed, so that Lin Qing has no time to help her customize it privately, but even so, Lin Qing was amazed by Yu Dan.

"The hands are like soft wattles, the skin is like clotted fat, the collar is like a grub, the teeth are like a rhinoceros, the head of the mantis is like a moth eyebrows, the smile is clever, and the eyes are beautiful." The words in "The Book of Poetry, Wei Feng, Shuoren" can be directly applied to Yu Dan, Yu Dan, who was originally very beautiful, was embellished by a makeup artist with a snow-white evening dress, without powder, but it could make the six palaces have no color, if it wasn't for the dinner, Lin Qing might be the king from now on.