Amsterdam
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An Attic Church in Amsterdam
More Details: An Attic Church in AmsterdamWhen The Netherlands left Catholicism after the Reformation, all Catholic churches became Protestant churches. While the Dutch were able to practice any religion, Catholics were not allowed to practice Catholicism in any public setting (let’s say, a loose definition of religious freedom was at play; they were allowed to be Catholic but only to practice…
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Photos of the Week – Sights of Amsterdam
More Details: Photos of the Week – Sights of AmsterdamAmsterdam is such a unique city. It is like Venice meets… meets… I am not sure what! It is a charm typical of old cities, of cities by the water, of cities with architecture seen nowhere else, and of cities with a one-of-a-kind type of energy (and I don’t mean that in terms of the red…
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My First Landing in Europe – Spain via Amsterdam
More Details: My First Landing in Europe – Spain via AmsterdamBack in early 1992, a couple of friends and I had the flash thought that we needed to go to the Olympics in Barcelona that summer. Why not, right? As we started reading about Spain we decided we needed to check out a few places besides Barcelona which was bound to be zoo-like during the…