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James Wattstraat 75 Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, 20-665-1171
We caught a train from Brugge to Amsterdam (bus, train, train, tram, taxi actually) Here we stayed in a big hotel - Casa 400 It was okay (I did have pretty low standards after Brugge though), clean, quiet at night, pretty good buffet breakfast included. Amsterdam was a bit nicer than I thought it would be (not as nice as Brugge but okay). There are lots of canals which are fairly pretty - the weather was a bit overcast and it rained a bit so that didn't really help. The first afternoon we had...
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands alicebzMy first impression of Amsterdam was that of a weekend Vegas-like cruiseline for Europeans aged 18-60 years old. As somewhat of a last-minute trip, with my cousin in Paris having backed out at the last moment, I arrived in the city by train after passing through the remarkably green and clean-cut grass fields of Belgium, only to find at the tourist office that no hostels had any room for that night. Very angrily and reluctantly, I booked a room for a hotel five Metro stops away from the touri...
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands salerhandFrom Berlin to Amsterdam, we see the obligatory traditional windmills which signify we are entering the Netherlands. We are told that Holland is not the correct name of the country we are visiting, but that Holland is an area within the Netherlands which gained international prominence, and became synonymous with the country itself. The country is the most densely populated of all European countries, but that is not obvious to the casual observer, as we pass acres and acres of green fields wi...
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands shrubberies
... of you who don't know this already) put his French Foot down and insisted I grow up and buy the malaria tablets after I threw a tantrum about never taking meds on time and how they gave me crazy @ss dreams last year "and I just don't like them!". I obediently complied and it'll be fun exchanging "trips" over breakfast. We've got our mosquito repellent. We've got our SUN TAN LOTION (and how good does it feel to say that in mid October when the saddle of my oma fiets is numbing ...
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands ashling... restrictions.
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... a pair of shoes, but machines can replace a lot of the work. I tried on a pair and I can't say I'm looking to replace either of my current two pairs of shoes any time soon, but I can see how they'd make very good safety shoes. We got into Amsterdam at about 5 and checked into our hotel. There's an additional optional extra they don't put in the brochures: you can go to a live sex show. Out of the bus there were about 6 of us, myself included, who decided not ...
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands bubba_oliver... At about noon, we went to the Anne Frank House to confirm our suspicion that the line was around the block. You gotta get up early in the morning if you don't want to stand in line for hours here. Plan B: The Rijksmuseum. It had the largest collection of Dutch art EVER ever. Not really but, it's a large portion of the famous Dutch painters from their Golden era. Most of the museum is under renovation so we were only able to see about 200 pieces. But they were the most famous ...
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands tbassplayer... one of the ladies and they work hard to get your attention due to the competition, poor Rob was in luck until they saw me, then he was ignored. There are live sex shows up and down the roads but one company called Casa Nova showed their ingenuity and won a court case to defend the fact that although they have 5 theatres which sell tickets, only one has the show, so the boys who leave a pub only have a stagger to any of their places and once they have a ticket they ...
Amsterdam, Netherlands rob.jenn... lot of hookers in windows... one of which decided to wip Law's back as we passed... he complained about the pain. Day 2 OK, computer crashed as this was written in the internet cafe in amsterdam... so a brief summary as now in berlin: Heineken brewery van gogh museum... had loads of fun taking photos and climbing on big "I AMsterdam" sign/statue thing outside. Pizza for dinner Saul
Amsterdam, Netherlands pozel... celtic music, but more upbeat and modern. My guide on one of my highland trips I had done while I was at the hostel in Edinburgh played this all day long on our tour so I was determined to pick up one of their CD's before I left Scotland. Now I get to see them play. It's going to be awesome. I should be off to pack though now. I will write a little bit more in a few hours after the brewery tour before I leave for the airport. By the way, I did visit the Anne ...
Amsterdam, Netherlands steph_444
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