Mar Perez
The Defense line of Amsterdam
Centuries ago and after the Spanish passed through Holland, they decided to create a series of forts around Amsterdam as protection for any attacks. This is the case of Naarden and Muiden. The 1st is a fortified village with its walls and moat in the form of star that can only be seen from above . The idea of this construction was conceived as a result of successive occupations, one of which was that of the troops of Philip II . It is Now is a typical Dutch village, with some interesting construction, but nothing as outstanding as the wall. And in the case of Muiden have the best preserved medieval castle in the whole of Holland, the Muiderslot, which currently houses a large collection of weapons, armor and furniture.
We could not see it because we arrived at 4:30 and they became fools, leaving the box office. The truth is that in November, with the bad weather we had and the cold, except eminently tourist areas, we did not encounter more tourists. Note: When we arrived we were very hungry Naarden. It was late So we saw a cafe called Family (must be a franchise) and we went there head. We ordered 4 burgers, 4 potatoes, 3 cokes and water. The meat lovely and even better price: € 24.40. This was the only place with reasonable prices, because here a coke was 1.70 and in the other sites were about 3 €.
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