Dover Castle

Getting our groove on

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May 10th 2008
Day 19: Amsterdam Amsterdam is a weird place, which automatically makes it a wonderful one. Although I don’t think that I am perfectly suited to the lifestyle. For a start, Amsterdam is a naturally beautiful city. Like many of the European cities that we have visited, it is based upon a river and takes full advantage of this resource. One of the highlights of the city was the highly developed h ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam

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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