Mom, Mary, and Chandler on the Ship

Amsterdam

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June 7th 2015
So far, I'm finding Amsterdam to be a pretty dirty city. The architecture is beautiful, but it's just a little bit different. The quaint is gone and replaced with a lot more crowds, cigarette butts everywhere, and not really that charming. One of the highlights of the trip was meeting two ex-prostitutes and talking to them. They are actually called sex-workers and they are legal, registered, and p ... read more

Europe » Netherlands

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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