Van Gogh Museum

Valentine's Day in Amsterdam

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February 17th 2009
In honor of Valentine's Day, President's Day, and most importantly our three day weekend, Rachel, Michael and I went to Amsterdam this weekend. Since I've been here, this is the first place we've visited that I hadn't actually been to before. So, as you can imagine, I was incredibly excited. The trip, unfortunately, did not start off too well. We left Saturday morning and as Rachel and I w ... 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