A Day At The Beach Monday, Sept. 10th I have struck gold in Amsterdam! No, not the little gold nuggets of Hash they offer at seemingly every little cafe in town. The gold I am referring to is the little Internet/ Laundry Mat place I am writing this from. Not only is this place right across from my wonderful hotel, but the staff is very friendly...

Hey hey! Here are our pics from Amsterdam. We had a great time here, its an awesome city. Very easy to get lost though because every corner looks similar and there are canals everywhere (almost as much water as there is land). Thats why its sometimes called "The Venice of the North". The weather has been rainy and cold, so we went shopping for s...

Hello from the beautiful city of Amsterdam !!! From my own personal observations, if any town here in Northern Europe should be called "The Venice of the North" I do believe that it should be Amsterdam. The canals and waterways throughout the city are absolutely stunning & something that I have never seen before. Just getting here to Amsterdam h...

Arrived too late in Amsterdam to get my connecting flight and have my luggage arrive with me, so KLM gave me a business class seat in the next flight, plus 2000 air miles, a 50 euro voucher for another flight, and a 5 minute phone card (called home =Þ). The food was excellent in business class- I had a vegetarian pasta, potato salad with a littl...

PUBLIC HOLIDAY so good for traffic. Phil had hassel with hotel check out as they had no recordes of our payment for one night accomodation. Crossed the boarded into Holland without any checks, old windmills still standing and very pretty country side on the way to Amsterdam. Most people ride bikes in Holland, even the Queen! Everyone warned us o...

Because we ended up flying into Amsterdam rather than getting the bus, which we had of course already paid for, we had to console ourselves with the fact that we got a passport stamp, whereas on a bus you don't usually get one. It was also the beginning of our love affair with Easy Jet (budget airline). We got a bus (this one we managed to catch...

On July 24th we arrived at Amsterdam by train at 1PM and checked into Hotel Arrive. The room was up 3 narrow flights of stairs. At 3PM we went to walk around the Red Light District. We visited a head shop and then a coffee shop. Eventually we made it back out to the streets and went window shopping. What a city! Next we went for Chinese food at...