Good Bye England

Chapter 4 - DAY 1 - London to Amsterdam

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September 7th 2011
Today we were up at 4.30 to get organised and across to the Thistle Marble Arch for our 5.45am tour start. All goes smoothly and we are on the bus and away 5 minutes early. SOUTH TO DOVER We headed south out of London, past the Black Heath which contains the mass graves of people who died during the Black Plague; we also crossed the line which defines Greenwich Mean Time. We passed through Ken ... 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