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2nd day in Amsterdam

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June 14th 2006
Yesterday I went searching around the town for a electricity convertor to charge my phone with. Silly me, i should have brought one with me, but luckily i did find one. But then I had no idea where i was in the city. All the streets looked the same, and i couldnt find the street my hostel is on on the map! But i wandered around a bit (good excercise!) and turns out i was back at Centraal 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