The Whanau

Getting in touch with my roots in Terschelling, Holland

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August 28th 2008
I have been spending the last few days relaxing on the Island of Terschelling. Els and I went back the cranberry factory and had a 2 hour long presentation - which unfortunatly was all in dutch. I could understand about 5% of what the guy was saying by a combination of logic and my limited vocab. The best part was at the end when got to sample some of the liquor made from the famous berries. One w ... read more

Europe » Netherlands

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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