Girls and Gumboots!

Pinkpop (Three Day Music Festival)

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May 29th 2008
We arrived in Amsterdam (50 minute flight) on Thursday morning around 7am (after getting up in London at 4.30am!). We found our way to the backpackers we were staying in which was really nice but in a pretty dodgy area. We spent the day checking out Amsterdam, had Crepes for Lunch and lots of Stroopwaffles (my favourite). In bed by 9.30pm as we were all feeling very tired by this point. Up 8am Fr ... 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