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.
April 18th 2008Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Keukenhof Today we took a train and then a bus to Keukenhof Gardens. The flower fields weren't looking too promising on the way there, so we were worried that the long winter had delayed the blossoming of the ... 17 photos[full story]
May 3rd 2008Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Rotterdam ...the land of steep stairs and rectangle spectacles.
I arrived in Amsterdam on Thursday morning, after a stressful last few days in Ghana. I spent my last three days in Accra...enjoying the city. ... [full story]
April 28th 2008Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » The Hague Gday again.
1 week gone, and what a week. whilst ive been here the soccer club has become champions and there has been some massive parties and have been to the proffesional soccer and out to some n ... 9 photos[full story]
April 16th 2008Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Dordrecht Menipäs monta päivää ilman nettiä! Nyt ollaan Dodrechtin McDonaldsissa ja naputellaan konetta samalla kun Lare syö "iiihan piiiikku-piiikku hampurilaista". Ollaan haeskeltu karttakaupoista karttoja A ... [full story]
April 15th 2008Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » The Hague Morning: Wow! Has it been 3 weeks already? And it seems that we are still starting out, well, 9 more weeks to go, let's see how we are doing till then. My complains till now is mostly of my blisters d ... 11 photos[full story]
April 14th 2008Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » The Hague Morning: Finally got a good sleep last nite and woke up at 9am today. Watched some tv first before going to get ready and eat some breakfast. By the time we leave the apartment, it was already noon ag ... 2 photos[full story]
April 13th 2008Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » The Hague Morning: Unfortunately i didnt have a good sleep last nite even tho i was dead tired, cos it was too cold again and i was struggling to keep warm till it was time to get up. Woke up at 7:15am cos we h ... 24 photos[full story]
April 13th 2008Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » The Hague Morning: Woke up at 9:30am as usual even tho we slept at 3:45am, thought of making use of the extra time to go out and grab some of the unfinished stuffs i couldn't buy yesterday. So quickly washed up ... 4 photos[full story]
April 10th 2008Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Leiden Yesterday we went to Amsterdam.
Amsterdam is a nice city, but a litte too big. First we went to school by bike, the bus was allready there. the bus trip was ok. we gathered at the gay-monument. we f ... [full story]
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