Bikes!

I Amsterdam

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May 14th 2008
Firstly, Amsterdam is amazing... We arrived on Tueday morning after a 22+ hour flight from Sydney, which was quite eventless apart from seeing an Australian air-force jet fly-by somewhere over central NSW. Tuesday, we spent the day walking around and trying to get our bearings in this place. It's a wonderful place, full of old buildings and architecture from another time. It's very european, ... 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