Diamonds are a girl’s best friend

At the diamond factory we had a lesson on the pricing of diamonds. Then we were shown diamonds of various qualities. On the far left is a rare pink diamond. The centre is a HUGE 1gram River diamond worth €12,500 (that’s approximately $19,600CDN). Wait a second….where did that diamond go?? Security! Actually, the demonstrator put it in a ring and was letting the girls try it on.


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Dutch  Flag 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 natio... [read more]
Blog: Amsterdam for Easter!
Date: March 29th 2005

Easter is a 4 day weekend in Germany so I took advantage of having an extra day off and headed for Amsterdam in The Netherlands. It’s a city filled with canals (165), bikes (600,000) and tulips (sorry, too many to count). I arrived in Amsterdam by train on Good Friday a few hours before the tour group I was meeting was due to arrive so I headed for the [url=http://www.vangoghmuseum.com/bisrd/t ... read more







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