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Things to do in Amsterdam

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 Amsterdam Every year, to celebrate my birthday, I travel somewhere, in 2019 I went to Morocco , in 2020 to Israel and this year (2022) I decided to visit Amsterdam. It was a long time since I wanted to visit this city and there I have a friend that I wanted to see, so with these three points combined, I decided to visit Amsterdam in winter. I spent five days in Amsterdam and I visited the city plus some places outside like Zaanse Schans, Zandvoort and Haarlem. One important thing is that I forgot my camera so all the pictures were taken with my phone, maybe the quality is not high but I think they are anyway beautiful. Amsterdam is the capital and the most populous city of the Netherlands, with a population close to a million. It is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the north" due to the large number of canals which form a UNESCO world heritage site since 2010. Amsterdam was founded at the Amstel, the city's name derives from the Amstel dam, originating as a sm

Things to do in Morocco, Marrakesh

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Morocco I went to Morocco in February 2019, and I celebrated my birthday in Marrakesh. At work I have a Moroccan colleague, she talked to me a lot about her culture and I couldn't wait to see her country. We organised together this trip, but last minute she decided to quit, I didn't want to miss this opportunity and, fortunately, I had another friend that came with me (you will see her in some of my pictures). This is one of the trips I enjoyed the most, for the people I knew, the experiences I did and for how much I learned.  Marrakesh I have to be honest, in my mind, Marrakesh was completely different from what it is, and I didn't like it, but now thinking about it, a year after, it is a bit different: the experiences I had and the friends I left there to make me enjoy it more. On the top of the hill Near the host place, there is a hill, and on the first morning, we decided to climb it to see the view.  The host lives in the north part of Marrakesh,

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