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  Travel brochure photo of Amsterdam Another typical Amsterdam scene While my shipmates were posting stereotypical Amsterdam images on their...

 Bremerhaven as a city and a boat festival was impressive enough, but we were advised that it was just a pale foreshadowing compared to what...

The idea of emigration, of starting over in a new place and building a new life, has always been in the background for me. I'd inherited...

Our German guest who recommended this place described it as a climate museum where we could walk through and experience the different clima...