on the plane

Finally here... and it hasn't sunk in

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January 12th 2007
well, we made it to amsterdam. it has been a LONG few days, what with packing and preparing and moving out and an 8-hour plane ride, and now that we're here i think we're both trying to grasp the fact that we suddenly don't have a mile-long to do list. i'm in my hotel room now: the hotel is called hotel nadia (it's website is www.nadia.nl if you're interested) and is pretty close to the center of ... read more

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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