View of Amsterdam

12 Glorious Hours

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February 28th 2008
For the second week break we traveled to various regions in the Northern area of Western Europe. Stop one was Amsterdam. I was only there for 12 hours because I had to catch a train to go get Meagan in Paris. It was still a lot of fun though. The way there was very interesting. There was a train accident on our way to Zurich for our connection, so we had to take a bus to another train station ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam

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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