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Return to De Burcht, Leiden, Netherlands

May 17th 2017
This being my last day in Leiden I wanted to visit De Burcht van Leiden (Fort of Leiden) again. I crossed the iron gate at the bottom of the embankment and up to the Fort Gate. I entered and walked up the spiral stares to enjoy the view of the Fort and Leiden. It is some feat for a town around 1200 AD to build this fort for everybody to hunker down and survive the attacks and sieges by hostile for ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Leiden

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

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I started writing on Trip Advisor (bad site) and changed to TravBuddy that was much better. It was bad luck when TB closed. I have fun on my YouTube channel. I was not a chemist, but a chemical hazard specialist, and a first responder. I retired from the State of Texas facility in Galveston to 100% disability in 2005. Then I moved back to my home area in East Texas. I live on the small Walters Tree Farm outside of Nacogdoches, Texas USA. I am retired to be a simple farmer and traveler. Retirement is a tough job, but somebody has to do it (LOL). I am a naturalist and am very concerned... full info

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