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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, Merzouga

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Merzouga We did 3 days organised tour from Marrakesh to Merzouga, thanks to our host in Marrakesh we found, for a nice price, the possibility to see the desert. Usually, I try to avoid these organised tours because I prefer the experience to do it by myself, I think it's more authentic and also I can know better the reality of the place. In this case, we decided to do it because the host suggested that is the safest way to go to the desert.  Atlas mountains Atlas The first part of the trip was on the Atlas mountains because which separate the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean from the Sahara desert, our destination. The word mountain in some Berber languages is Adrar or Adras, these terms are believed to be cognates of the atlas. I was lucky to find this fog that gave a strange atmosphere to the picture: it was sunny but with the fog, there was the snow but my destination was the desert. It's a long way if you wanna rock n roll The highest peak of

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