Blogs from Netherlands, Europe - page 391

Today, went to van gogh museum, did canal cruise, walked thru red light district heaps of sex shops, prostitutes in windows and coffeeshops and the smell of pot lingering everywhere. i didnt hang around very long cause it looked abit dodgy as and then wandered around the less dodgy parts of amsterdam for hours, the weather is so nice, gorgeous blue sky and not that cold. Off to Paris tomorrow, i hope i can get by with my 10 french phrases??? anyway i am totally stuffed and gonna find some cheap food and go to bed... thats all for now... ... read more

Hello everyone, I finally got around to updating the journal. It's been a very busy few weeks. Arrived in London after a very dodgy flight from bangkok to London. The seat I was sitting on wasn't bolted to the floor so I spent a few hours standing in the isle while they tried to fix it......needless to say they never did so I ended up sitting with the hosties for the rest of the trip....not that that is necessarily a bad thing. Arrived in London and was thrown into the deep end with peak hour on the tube. Thankfully Gail (Vicki's friend) met me at the airport and sorted me out for the next few days. I was so excited you couldn't wipe the smile from my face....I was finally here after such a big build-up.....and ... read more

Easter is a 4 day weekend in Germany so I took advantage of having an extra day off and headed for Amsterdam in The Netherlands. It’s a city filled with canals (165), bikes (600,000) and tulips (sorry, too many to count). I arrived in Amsterdam by train on Good Friday a few hours before the tour group I was meeting was due to arrive so I headed for the Van Gogh Museum. The museum has the world’s largest collection of Van Gogh paintings in the world as well as works by other artists. I bought myself a poster in the gift shop. url=http://www.vangoghmuseum.com/collection/catalog/vglpainting.asp?ARTID=50&LANGID=0&SEL=1&PERIOD=3&SORT= (The Yellow House, 1888) I figured this would be my Amsterdam souvenir as opposed to tacky wooden shoes or windmills. ;-) I met with the group just in time for dinner and then ... read more

We realised that we have to change some clothes to survive. Sometimes in Moscow is also very cold but in March we expected to see green trees and tulips. ... read more

I didn't expect there will be so cold. I would say it is my first time when I see snow in Amsterdam, and probably for other tourists too. I've met some people, they were in shirts while temperature outside is minus 9 C. But if we arrived in any case we have to party. First day we were walking a lot. We live practically in the heart of old city near the Koninklijk Paleis. Its nice location for visiting museums.... read more