Travel Blogs from Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amsterdam the Monsoons
... rooms,secure 4th floor with coffee and bibites a step to the right or left. A short nap and then a promenade down Nationale to the Museo of Culture, however I never found any yogurt. We took a quick look at the forum, palatine hill, the Capitole Museo, ...
Amsterdam
... made my way to schoenefeld airport thanks to Hobi's directions and sandwiches (thanks Hobi). Landing in Amsterdam, it feels much more foreign than Spain or Germany. The language is strange and cool to listen to, there are bikes everywhere and of course ...
Amsterdam
... were also studying in Florence and were going to Amsterdam for the weekend. We ended up taking a shuttle together from Eindhoven to Amsterdam. The shuttle dropped us off right at Central Station in Amsterdam. We had no idea really where our hotel was ...
ay yi yi
... will also be nice...did I mention that I sold mine for approx $65.00 at Oktoberfest?? Now I am waiting for a replacement. Anyway, Amsterdam is one of the favorites so far and I have absolutely no problem getting lost in this city, which isn't hard to ...
Amsterdam II
... there were professionals playing a higher grade there. I finally got on court where the temperature on the scoreboard read at one point 35c, unnaturally high for Amsterdam. It was a slog fest where my opponent seemed to figure me out and consistently got ...
Transfer day
Salut, Aujourd'hui est une journee de transfert. On m'a recommande de skippe la section entre Ansterdam et Bruxelles. Bonne idee ce matin car il mouillait assez fort. Good! Le trian de 10h30AM a ete annule...resultat....le train etait bonde au max ...
Amsterdam and beyond
... with a local learning all the little things you never find out as a tourist. We said our goodbyes and headed back to Amsterdam the city of wheely bags....everywhere you go here there are tourist dragging them along and the noise they make on cobble ...
The Amsterdam experience - G Rated
... swimming in murky water in the canal. Ask us about the x-rated version over drinks :) We were glad that we ventured into the 'underbelly' of Amsterdam and were content on our time in the city but were very much ready for the next portion of the ...
Retracing a ghost
... we got back onto the canal boat returning to central station. We walked into the main coffee shop precinct heading back to the main part of Amsterdam. We decided to stop at one of the shops, Popeyes on one of the main streets, and ordered our space cake ...
Oceans 12 Amsterdam bridge!
I found the bridge in an awesome Pitt clooney scene from oceans 12. See the attached pic Also took an awesome bike tour. I love them, I'm going to marry them. We had organic micro brewed beers near a ...
Take them all off.
Took train from Paris to amsterdam today. Man on train saw my europe guide book. He liked it and asked me about my travels. He asked why pages were ripped out. I told him I rip the pages out of cities I visit so I don't have to carry the whole book ...
Flight of beers
Today I went to the van gough museum. He was pretty good. They had some monets too and Monet is my fav. I also had a flight of beers from micro brew organic windmill place. Neat. I also switched rooms. Thank god. No more English hooligans. They were ...
Wooden shoes, windmills, red lights, and drugs...
Welcome to the Netherlands! We got in yesterday and made our way to Holland and the Keukenhof gardens- the biggest gardens in the world and of course the infamous tulips. Ive never seen anything like it. And it was perfect timing because everything had ...
The lights are amazing at night...
... * Bink " That's ridiculous, I'm not paying for another ticket" *guard commences serving another passenger* Great start to our Amsterdam experience. The guard wanted to continue the discussion with Bren but this was short lived as Bink pushed us out of the ...
Amsterdam
On Thursday we arrived in Amsterdam. Not receiving much help at all from the lady we rented our apartment off, or how to get into town we decided to stay in for the night and tackle that one the next day. The next morning came and we walked to the bus ...
Holland, The Netherlands, 27 March
... we woke up early in Dubai to go to the airport. We woke up at 5:50 to get ready and we were in a taxi at 6:15. We boarded the plane at 8:40 but we were meant to at 8:20 but the plane was late. On the plane we were served breakfast and lunch. I watched ...
A LONG FLIGHT
Amsterdam and CapetownTuesday/Wednesday, June 12 & 13, 2012We flew from Atlanta to Amsterdam this afternoon and evening. We arrived at 6:05 am weary as none of us really slept on the plane. The flight attendants were very nice and ...
Second Stop: Holland
We touched down in Holland and were welcomed with a blanket of fresh white snow. Disembarking from the airplane Bowie remarked that Holland was "just like a fridge". At the airport we were met by Bowie and Casper's Oma ( grandma), Opa (grandpa) and Tante ...
Amsterdam Day 3 - Windmills&RedLightDistrict
... uninspiring and the boat didn't stop or have a good view of the windmill. We can at least say we saw a windmill in Amsterdam and got our moneys worth from the canal bus ticket. We got of the boat at the city hall stop, by the opera across the bridge to ...
Amsterdam Day 2 - Canals, Van Gogh and cold!!!
... walked we realised we had managed to completely circle the red light district without actually going down the two main streets!! One crazy weekend in Amsterdam and not completely over yet as still have until 2ish tomorrow until mummy flies from Schipol ...
Last day in Edinburgh first night in Amstetdam
... like I do. Know the baggage limits before you get to the airport. Using WiFi hotspots only costs you a cup of coffee. The traffic in Amsterdam is CRAZY. Bikes everywhere , taxis (ours in particular ) drive down the tram tracks and no-one I mean no-one ...
Merry Christmas!!!
... crash yesterday afternoon I'm ready to go! Firstly, Merry Christmas to all! Apparently no one in Europe stays home for Christmas as the place is flooded with Italians and French! I'm off to Anne Franks house today...it's one of the only things ...
Stedelijk museum and Kantjil and the tiger
... in we decided to visit The Stedelijk Museum. This is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design in Amsterdam. It is located at the Museum Square close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and the Concertgebouw. Papa was disappointed to see ...
Amsterdam
... flat beds were given an extra mattress for sleeping. We had a 3 hour stopover in Dubai then an 8 hour flight to Amsterdam. Once again a comfortable flight. On landing in Amsterdam we were met by an Emirates Chauffeur and driven to our accommodation at ...
Epic Amsterdam Walk!
... and covered essentially all the top sites. There are far too many to list, so I'll spare you and give you the highlights only. The Amsterdam Museum gave us a great overview of this incredible city, from its history as a port town to its hippy days that ...
Day 2: Anne Frank's House and Old Amsterdam
... prebooked, we would have had to queue for a couple of hours!) but wrong about everything else. Some facts: - the family are not Dutch but moved to Amsterdam in 1933 from Germany when Hitler comes to power - their hiding place is on two floors at the ...
Amsterdam
... of those for over 18's which my sister Sarah and Suz's son Brett reckoned we had to go and do if we were in Amsterdam. The red light district was certainly much busier than the night before and there were a lot more windows with displays in them. ...