Blogs from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe - page 159

Amsterdam is truly a really intresting city. It has lots of beautiful places, where you can go by bycicle, and you enjoy it a lot. It has also lots of nice shops, not only talking about cofee shops or any oter kind of drug store, but it has strange shops, as neon clothing or psychodelic art shops. What I loved of Amsterdam was walking trought the city next to water canals. This city mixes nature and urban, and this is a really good feeling. When you are in Amsterdam you have to try to be crazy. Smoking fly or eating mexican mushrooms can be really good experience, eaven if you don't wan't to take drugs, tasting a little won't kill you. ... read more

Geo: 52.3738, 4.89095hey all from Amsterdam!! Finally my Contiki tour has begun!! Already, im wrecked lol. Its gonna be a tiring journey. the tour group seems alrite... there is 6 guys and 28 girls lol... one of the guys is up with his gf too. the rest are real bogans lol. 85% of the group is from Australia, maybe more. All in all the group itself seems alright, and i get along with em okay..Amsterdam itself is everything its been cracked up to be and more. Started last night with a walk around the redlight district, and then a canal cruise with unlimited drinks which was really awesome. After that, decided to go with most of the group to Grasshoppers "coffee shop" for hours of continued drinkin, dancin, and a bit more. Today im feeling pretty ... read more

Hey everyone, hows it going out there ? Well Yes as most you all know I did make it safely and luggage attached. I have been here in amsterdam for only a few days now. Its great, lovin it already. There are 4 Nationalitys represented in my room. A guy from Finland, Germany, Holand on of course our fav the CANADIANS. Lol I heard a joke today about the orgins of " Canada " Ok so when the peoples of north america wanted to pick a name for there country the desided that it was too hard for them to make this choice. So they desided that they would pick letters out of a hat and see what they came with. So the first guy went and said " C eh ". Next "N eh" and ... read more

The Yellow Pages Visitors Guide to Amsterdam is a superb little reference book that the tourist offices in Amsterdam keep well hidden, mostly because the tourist offices seem to be keen on making what money they can from inferior "official" guides and maps. You shouldn't walk into a tourist office in Amsterdam expecting to pick up handfuls of leaflets and brochures if you're not willing to part with lots of money (and queue for half an hour). Not only is the Yellow Pages Guide concise and helpful, it also provides an interesting social commentary. For example; in the "Police and Safety" section under the heading "Urinating in Public", it states: "Dirty habit, always committed by men". Clearly the author has never been on a night out in Aberdeen... It then goes on to say that ... read more

Hello from Amsterdam! not a whole lot of time and this internet is bein a bit dodgy but i still wanted to make a quick update! left germany yesterday and arrived in amsterdam. went to a place where they made cheese and clogs (how dutch!) where i bought some yummy pepper cheese. then we went for a bike ride out in the dutch country side on the coolest granny bikes ever! so pretty! came back to our hotel, which is really really nice(!), and got ready for our "dutch cultural show". Lets just say i will never look at a cigar or a banana the same way again! hahaha it was actually pretty cheesy but all part of the amsterdam experience. we had some time before we had to meet up with everyone so we went ... read more