Crooked building

Amsterdam is beautiful!

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May 28th 2008
Hello from Amsterdam! Tony and I have been enjoying our time here. We have gotten to visit several museums so far, thanks to the IAmsterdam Pass, which gets us into many museums for free and onto the public transportation system as well. So far we have been to the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum (yahoo!!), and the Amsterdam Historich Museum. All of these have been very interesting, and we have also w ... 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