the car park

Amsterdam

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September 4th 2009
The Veitches have arrived in Amsterdam!!!! After long anticipation we have finally landed in Amsterdam. It was my longest flight ever - we arrived at 5 pm Australian time and 7 am Netherland time, so the jetlag was HORRIBLE!!! We arrived on the Thursday the 3rd. The main problem with Amsterdam is that it is a bit hard to commuicate as they don't speak that much English (though I can't reall ... 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