Youppiee for Amsterdam!!!
As promised here is our review of Amsterdam. This was an extra special trip as Greg felt like he was connecting with his Dutch roots. In fact, he wore wooden shoes all weekend...
Although we only spent 48 hours in Amsterdam we really got a flavor for everything the city has to offer. Once we checked into our hotel in the heart of the old city, we did like most people would do - headed for the red light district. Before your perception of us drastically changes, we only window shopped... and we did not go for a ''coffee'' in the famous coffee shops. Despite not setting foot in the establishments, we really got a flavor and smell of this distinctive part of the city.
We had a wonderful patio dinner the first night, followed by a post rain stroll along one of the many canal systems. The next morning we took a wonderful guided boat tour through the canal system. Amsterdam has over 1000 bridges and over 100 kms of canals. There is so much water in Amsterdam that many of the 17th century houses are built on piles of wood, and some are only accessible from the canal.
We visited the Anne Frank House - Anne Frank was a Jewish girl who wrote a diary while hiding with her family and four friends in Amsterdam during the German occupation of Holland in WWII.
Amsterdam is a must stop in any European trip - especially as a quick one or two day stop. The food was great, the accommodations were central, and the people were extremely friendly. Below are some of our many pictures.
Although we only spent 48 hours in Amsterdam we really got a flavor for everything the city has to offer. Once we checked into our hotel in the heart of the old city, we did like most people would do - headed for the red light district. Before your perception of us drastically changes, we only window shopped... and we did not go for a ''coffee'' in the famous coffee shops. Despite not setting foot in the establishments, we really got a flavor and smell of this distinctive part of the city.
We had a wonderful patio dinner the first night, followed by a post rain stroll along one of the many canal systems. The next morning we took a wonderful guided boat tour through the canal system. Amsterdam has over 1000 bridges and over 100 kms of canals. There is so much water in Amsterdam that many of the 17th century houses are built on piles of wood, and some are only accessible from the canal.
We visited the Anne Frank House - Anne Frank was a Jewish girl who wrote a diary while hiding with her family and four friends in Amsterdam during the German occupation of Holland in WWII.
Amsterdam is a must stop in any European trip - especially as a quick one or two day stop. The food was great, the accommodations were central, and the people were extremely friendly. Below are some of our many pictures.
posted by Les Kosters at 1:28 PM
2 Comments:
Salut les étudiants, Comme toujours vos voyages sont très bien planifiés et nous donne le goût de vouloir les partager. Nous avons bien hâte de vous revoir, il faudra prendre un soirée pour écouter vos aventures en prennant un bon verre de vin.
J'en ai quelques une à vous partager.
Tres bonne idee! ;o) On a bien hate de vous voir! xox Annick & Greg
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