Aemstelhuys Bed & Breakfast
Travel Blogs from Amsterdam
Amsterdam.. a whole new culture!!
... scenes.. you pass onto the bar where you get a couple of free half pint Heinie's!
I had to laugh though as firstly you are taken through a tasting... so the bar girl pours everyone a small glass of beer and then starts talking about the different qualities. She followed on to ask if anyone knew how to correctly drink a beer to really make the most of the flavour. No one wanted to speak up... and then an Australian maybe in his 50's came and slammed ...
Radical Atheism and Social Reform
... country without a government in the meantime- this can take anywhere from a day to a few months
-they have a socialist party- not Obama-esque "socialist," legitimate 'full-distribution-of-wealth' socialists
-they have a pseudo-welfare state where everyone must have health care, but the poor get it for free
Okay. So that all sounds like we had a pretty straight-forward lecture. Until Krouwel unleashed his personal views. All ...
Bye bye le grand nord
... nous diriger vers le quai du Thalys et attendre l'arrivée du train.
Quelle journée bien remplie! le projet de visite en bateaux mouches a été abandonné au moment précis ou la bagagerie s'est avérée en surcharge.
Bref nous avons au moins eu le temps de faire les mots croisés du Monde. En 3 lettres , en vertical, capucins????????????
On verra la réponse demain dans le journal!
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Amsterdam
... little spots - and there were railway lines on either bank, also very busy. Numerous castles dominated the steep cliffs along the way - built centuries ago to give their owners control over a stretch of the river so they could earn money taxing the users! There were also lots of vineyards - hadn't seen many since leaving Italy. We made the cruise with seconds to spare (second time we have been lucky) and set out upstream a bit to look at the Lorelei ...
Getting wet in Amsterdam
... opened. It poured down so hard. It was crazy. I managed to run into a shop to avoid a bit of the rain. I waited for a bit and then thought **** this I can't be bothered waiting. So I ended up finding I guess Holland’s equivalent of Kmart called Hema. Yes I am lame. I find this interesting.
I managed to get to the Dam and I ended up going to the fast food vending machine again and grabbed something. I have no clue what it was but it tasted ok. I think it may have ...