Background: The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained neutral in World War I, but suffered invasion and occupation by Germany in World War II. A modern, industrialized nation, the Netherlands is also a large exporter of agricultural products. The country was a founding member of NATO and the EEC (now the EU), and participated in the introduction of the euro in 1999.
May 14th 2008Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam VIVA LA AMSTERDAM!!!!! Well, what else can i say about this town (the longest stay of any city on my tour) except that i love it!!! i had a fucking blast!!!! Beautiful City, 10x more liberal than SF, ... [full story]
May 14th 2008Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam Firstly, Amsterdam is amazing...
We arrived on Tueday morning after a 22+ hour flight from Sydney, which was quite eventless apart from seeing an Australian air-force jet fly-by somewhere over cent ... 7 photos[full story]
September 12th 2004Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam Major, high-profile cities have a tendency to attract odd people. People of supernormal or unconventional behavior roam the streets of these cities, adding to the charm or as a deterrent, depending on ... [full story]
July 12th 2006Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam When you’re traveling alone and check in for a flight you never know who you’re going to end up next to. That’s why I always check in early and choose the window seat. If nothing els ... [full story]
April 20th 2008Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Zaandam Today was supposed to be the day to go to Delft, the little town with the famous blue hand-painted pottery factory. We had skipped Zaanse Schans the day before due to lack of time, so were faced with ... 22 photos[full story]
May 10th 2008Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Den Helder Update...
from Ireland up to the Netherlands...
April 27 (about 2 weeks ago) I took a ferry from SE Ireland to Wales. I stayed in Wales for a few days in a town called Swansea, where it was very ... 20 photos[full story]
May 10th 2008Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam Happy Mother's Day Mom!!! Today was so pretty outside!! I spent the whole day walking around and just taking in everything. Basically I just get to people watch (Blair!!). It's a little past 8 here an ... [full story]
May 10th 2008Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam Day 19: Amsterdam
Amsterdam is a weird place, which automatically makes it a wonderful one. Although I don’t think that I am perfectly suited to the lifestyle. For a start, Amsterdam is a nat ... 5 photos[full story]
May 9th 2008Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam Ok. Las 10 hrs de avion no fueron nada interesantes. Me decepcione un poquito porque el avion no tenia pantallita en cada lugar... aaah... x eso me fui en KLM!!! asi que recurri al plan B: sleeping pi ... [full story]
May 2nd 2008Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam Hallo,
We have now been to the Benelux nations (or at least Peter has, because he swung through Luxembourg).
We left Cologne and took the train to Amsterdam. We couldn't stay in a hostel in town ... [full story]
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