Medieval City Wall

Maastricht

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August 5th 2007
Another beautiful day!!! I hope we don’t get too used to it! We decided to spend the day in Maastricht, which was billed in our guidebook as the ‘gem of the south’ (of the Netherlands). Eric (Jonathan's cousin who arrived yesterday to stay with us for a week) was excited, I think, to explore a small Dutch town and the girls were excited to have someone with us on one of our travels. We h ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » Limburg » Maastricht

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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