Marken is considered a tourist attraction for its characteristic wooden houses. People built their houses on “werven”, artificial knolls, until the seventeenth century. It helped to avoid wet feet. After that they built their houses on poles. Since the Afsluitdijk was built, the island is no longer inundated but the typical houses still remain. The old …

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Zaanse Schanz is a major tourist attraction in Netherlands. It is a one day trip from Amsterdam and is totally worth visiting it! Zaanse Schanz is famous for its well preserved historic windmills. The scattered cottages, strong running windmills, and the long stretch of countryside is as picturesque as it can get.  The refreshing air …

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So how was Amsterdam? That is a question, I keep getting asked. How wonderful is it to go to a place where the streets are filled with laughter and wherever you look, you get to see friendly faces smiling back at you. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we lived in a place where everyday, we …

A Trip to Amsterdam: The city that belongs to the Youth! Read More »

We have all fantasized about how life would be if we belonged to some other time period. When I visited the capital of Belgium, that is exactly what I got; a different time period. The brilliance of Brugge is that all its Architecture is kept intact. All the buildings, monuments and canals are like paintings …

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