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DAY 1: RALEIGH TO LONDON

DAY 2: LONDON

The Tower of London is a famous fortress and prison originally commissioned by the first Norman king, William the Conqueror.

DAY 3: LONDON

St. James’s Palace was built by Henry VIII in the 1530s and was home to several famous sovereigns: Elizabeth I, Charles I and George I, II and III.

Buckingham Palace was built by the 1st Duke of Buckingham in 1702. It was originally intended as a country mansion at the edge of St. James’s Park, but the rapidly-expanding city meant it settled into a central position.George III purchased it in 1762, and embellishments by King George IV turned it into an imposing royal home.

DAY 4: LONDON TO AMSTERDAM

Anne Frank’s house museum is dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank, who hid from Nazi persecution with her family and four other people in hidden rooms at the rear of the building.

DAY 5: AMSTERDAM

The Van Gogh Museuman art museum dedicated to the works of Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

DAY 6: AMSTERDAM

Rembrandt House Museum the house in Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where Rembrandt lived and painted for nearly twenty years.

Begijnhof one of the oldest inner courts in the city of Amsterdam. A group of historic buildings, mostly private dwellings, centre on it. As the name suggests, it was originally a Béguinage. Today it is also the site of the English Reformed Church.[

Melkweg is a popular music venue and cultural center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

DAY 7: AMSTERDAM

Museum Willet-Holthuysen is a museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on the Herengracht canal. It is the only fully furnished canalside patrician house in Amsterdam that is open to the public. The museum has a large collection of silverware, plates, and books from the Dutch Golden Age.

DAY 8: AMSTERDAM TO BRUSSELS

GRAND-PLACEConsidered one of the most beautiful medieval squares in Europe, the ornate Grand Place is the center of Brussels, where many historic buildings dating from the 17th century are located.

DAY 9: BRUSSELS

St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral

Roman Catholic church at the Treurenberg Hill in Brussels, Belgium.

DAY 10: BRUSSELS

Notre-Dame du Sablon church is the symbol of high Gothic architecture in the region.

Parc de Bruxelles Warandepark is the largest urban public park in the center of Brussels. It is surrounded by the Royal Palace of Brussels, the Belgian parliament and the U.S.A. embassy.

DAY 11: BRUSSELS TO FRANCE

The Louvre is one of the world’s largest museum and also the most visited. It opened in August 1793.

DAY 12: PARIS

Palace of Versailles

The Palace where the Sun King Louis xiv lived. Twice a week Opera Ballet hold performances here.

The Eiffel Tower is one of the most visible icons of Paris, this iron lattice tower was built in 1889 by Gustave Eiffel for the 1889 World's Fair and located on Champ de Mars.

Le Marais is a historic district in Paris, France.

DAY 13: PARIS TO LONDON TO RALEIGH

LOCAL PHRASES IN AMSTERDAMHELLO – HALLO

GOODBYE – AFSCHEID

PLEASE – ALSJEBLIEFT

THANK YOU – DANK U

YOU’RE WELCOME – GRAAG GEDAAN

EXCUSE ME. SORRY. – PARDON. SORRY.

DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH? – SPREEK JE ENGELS?

one two three four five six seven eight nine ten –

een twee drie vier vijf zes zeven acht negen tien

WHAT TIME IS IT? – HOE LAAT IS HET?

WHERE IS…? – WAR IS…?

HOW MUCH? – HOEVEEL

HELP! – HELPIN!

I’M LOST – IK BEN VERLOREN

WHERE ARE THE TOILETS? – WAAR ZIJN DE TOILETTEN?