Amsterdam - Indo-rendang repeato - rather wretched rainy day (Wed. 6 Oct)
October 6th 2010 amazing how one day can rather affect your stay. I will not say I am over Amsterdam just because of one "different" meal - it was quite nice at the time- but it and the light to heavy rain later today did rather do so. After blogging/watching telly on the huge screen in my room to all hours (won't be the case tonite) I had to set one of my alarms to get up for breakfast which finishes at 10. Howe
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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 
