Canal Bridge

Amsterdam...

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September 13th 2005
Travis So, can you do Amsterdam in a day? No.. not really, but we gave it a go... We went on a canal tour, saw the Rijks museum, the Van Gogh museum, a diamond honing place, walked through the red light district and saw Anne Frank's House. The red light disctrict wasn't quite as impressive as I had been expecting... but we also weren't there at night which apparently makes a diffe ... 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