Europe Potpourri - 23 July 18th 2012 We are quickly coming to the end of a great and varied vacation and we chose Amsterdam for our final leg before heading back to Calgary.
So today, after a wonderful breakfast here at the hotel we took the tram down to Amsterdam Central rail station and boarded the train to visit our friends in The Hague. We had purchased our tickets the day before but reached too late to catch the 9.19 am train ... read more
Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam 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
My name is Roger and I am originally from the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia but now live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. My wife Jeanette and I have traveled to all the continents with the exception of Antarctica but nevertheless still have many other countries and areas that we wish to experience in the future. So far we have visited nearly 76 countries and territories worldwide, some of which we have visited multiple times and counting. We are particularly attracted to Europe and as an example, have visited Belgium six times and Spain four, making it eight times on the continent as of July 2... full info