The Match

The Match

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January 24th 2007
First day at school, but don't worry class doesn't start until next week. We went to school, picked up our id's, had a couple of meetings and then went over to the arena. The arena is where the Ajax play. They are Amsterdam's football (soccer) team, the j is pronounced like a y so it sounds like Ayax. Spent the rest of the day hanging out and bumming around. I ate dinner at Julia and Tamara' ... 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