Let Your Vacation Bloom in Amsterdam!
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006Ah yes, Amsterdam - the city of tulips, the city of blooming festivals of color and fragrance in the springtime. However, when you travel to Amsterdam, you’ll also find a teeming center of finance and culture, rivaling other European capitals. Begun as a tiny fishing village about 1200 AD, Amsterdam has grown into the capital of the Netherlands, the country that is still, today, called “Holland†by many tourists unfamiliar with the fact that Holland is actually a geographical area within the Netherlands.