Brian Hotel Amsterdam

... Station about a 15 minute trip. It cost a little bit more than 3 euro. We than walked from the station to our hostel the Brian Hotel, it  was out of the party district which was nice and it was your typical Amsterdam House coveted into a hostel. We ...

... night.  We were getting a little anxious when she made a phone call and confirmed that we were entitled to a free stay in Amsterdam.  The lady also informed us that our luggage would need to stay at the airport for the night and we would receive ...

... of the specific sponsors. THe cruise was longer and better than the canal cruise I took a few days ago. I saw the "modern" AMsterdam and got a much better perspective on people who live in the newest part of town. DINKs are the only ones that can ...

... I to go to this crazy 'Peep Show'...if you know what I mean....without being to explicit...it was wild....def. and amsterdam experience...LOL. went hoem and crashed after walking through the red light district which is an absolutel TRIP!   Day 2 ...

... you can buy magic mushrooms in stores. I needed to see for myself and find out what is really true about Amsterdam. My conclusions: ALL TRUE. We got to our hotel and the guy behind the desk was smoking a huge joint. He told us that we should go to ...

... on Saturday morning to get my ass out of there. It took Larissa, Karen, and I two hours to find another hotel with a vacancy. Amsterdam is quite packed on the weekends. Eventually we found our savior, Hotel Brian. It was still no Holiday Inn, but ...

From Koln, we took the 2 1/2 train ride on the InterCityExpress to Amsterdam Centraal station. Our hotel, named Hotel Brian (not a coincidence, once I saw the name I knew we had to stay here!) was located close to the station and overlooked the Singel ...

... tomorrow afternoon here ( Monday morning in the states). Amsterdam on a shoestring here we come!! We found our hotel every easily, only a 5 minute walk from Amsterdam Centraal. But since it's early (about 8:50 a.m.) we couldn't check in, so we left our ...

... and tell you about the different things.  We saw the Royal Palace and World War II memorial, the smallest house in Amsterdam (only 1.8 meters wide!) which is ironically on the widest canal in Amsterdam!  We also saw a lot of canals, coffee ...

... ) - prettige hotels t.a.v. personeel: Medan, Jomtien, Phayao, 2e in Chiang Rai, Phnom Penh (beide) en Siem Reap - prettige hotel t.a.v. comfort: Tokyo, Siem Reap, Chiang Mai, Udon Thani - goed idee om mijn buitenlandse vrienden op te zoeken (behalve Fa in ...

... !! Here are just some of the pictures taken that night. Brings back so many memories :) COSTS: 35E- Amsterdam jumper 3E-  shotglass 10E- little house ornaments 2.50E- amsterdam patch 13E- amsterdam t-shirt ...

Wednesday we woke up cruising up the Rhine from Cologne to Amsterdam. It was a beautiful river lined with man made dikes that were topped with trees and carefully manicured.  We saw a number of new bridges and buildings that were really interesting ...

... even lekker groot te maken, hier een witte wereld straks in Sydney 36 graden boven nul heerlijk. Na een goed ontbijt, wat voor Brian eigenlijk wel iets te vroeg is en voor Stefan ondenkbaar, gaan we rond 8.45 op weg over het door mijn trotse papa net ...

... Surinam named Gus. Yes, it was a marijuana shop and they were happy to relieve me of my ignorance about the drug situation in Amsterdam. Many men, but no women came into the coffee shop and made purchases. I looked at the menu and was astounded to see ...

<Brian's loooong chronological list of "highlights" (and of whinging)... >   - Arrived in Amsterdam... the transit people aren't as helpful as you would think and give very vague non-useful directions. We eventually catch a tram to ...

... in a heartbeat. Alissa and I met there Friday the 5th around noon in the train station, then we went to buy our Amsterdam city passes and settle into our hotel. It was a little drizzly, but we didn't mind. Our hotel, Hotel Brian, was full of interesting ...

... half the day searching for a new hotel. A convention with 45,000 people has flooded the city so no beds are left in all of Amsterdam unless you want to spend triple the cost for a dorm room! We got lucky though and booked an extra day so we'll be holding ...

... . Maybe next year. *** Another place I wanted to go and see but will have to wait until next year is Vondelpark. Vondelpark is Amsterdam's version of Lincoln Park. It is a huge green patch in the middle of the city. On Queen's Day, Vondelpark is for ...

... do.  Sorry, I'm sounding whiney.  We are extremely lucky to be here and to have seen and done what we have - we are in AMSTERDAM!!!     So, the highlight of the trip to this city for me was going to the Anne Frank House.  When Brian and I took the ...

... they really didn't leave much to the imagination, so if you're easily offended, give it a miss.. Then again, what's Amsterdam without visiting a place like this??   There were 3 floors of sex memorabilia and the like, covering the history ...