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CHHHHHHHHaarlem

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July 5th 2007
It's so funny, how being in the Netherlands for more than two days, I begin to pronunciate the words with CHHHHHHH in front of everything. We go to ask directions somewhere, and when we ask, "Where is Voorschoten?" they look at you as if they haven't ever heard of that place before. But when you re-enunciate it as "Voorschhhhhoten", they say, "Ah! Yes!" and give you the directions promptly. I fou ... read more

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Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions bet... ... read more