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Prize does matter

Posted on : 04-09-2009 | By : diazan | In : amsterdam, around the world, netherlands

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Uitmarkt

Arriving in a new city means discovering a lot, seeing museums, theatre, music and so on……..

…now imagine that you happen to be in a city during a great FFF – for free festival. Uitmaarkt might be one of the best things occurred while being in Amsterdam. There are a lot of places spread in the whole city where the festival is being held.

Concerts, theatre, dance are just some of the things you may experience without paying a €

Approve or improve

Posted on : 30-08-2009 | By : diazan | In : amsterdam, around the world, netherlands

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Post009

Some may say my last post was a bit too harsh – you may be right.

On my first evening in Amsterdam, while having a “palm bier” I saw a poster with a writing on it:

“When we criticize, let’s show how to fix the faults we find. Approve or improve!”

I liked it! So let me give you an impression of things you shouldn’t miss while seeing Amsterdam:

Finding Amsterdam – Unlock your imagination

Posted on : 27-08-2009 | By : diazan | In : amsterdam, around the world, netherlands

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Unlock your imagination

Before you even think about it, the picture is real, no fake! My brother was standing there, the tree fell. Does that mean that my brother made the tree fall? No! I’ve got no idea why the tree fell, but on a nice sunday morning we found that tree and thought it would look cool