I have been writing on Dooyoo since 2000, so I thought it was time to dip my toes in the water on th...
I have been writing on Dooyoo since 2000, so I thought it was time to dip my toes in the water on this side.
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Amsterdam is a beautiful city with its canals and bridges, and such a pretty sight at night when all the bridges are lit up. It is full of Museums and Art galleries, so much culture; it really is a marvellous place to visit.
Hotel prices range from £25.00 per night up to £80.00. Then of course you can stay in one of the many hostels for just a few pounds, it depends what you are looking for.
I personally like a nice hotel and found the City Breaks Brochure from Thomas Cook very helpful. I managed to book a four night stay at the CrownPlazaHoliday Inns through them and it cost me £249.00 per person, with flights,and a car to take us to and from the airport.
It is very easy to get from the airport to the city trains run quite frequently. When you first come out of the railway station the first thing to hit you is the mass of pushbikes; there are hundreds of them.
Walking around the city is great you are forever looking around at the buildings because some of them are quite beautiful, but be careful when crossing the roads, they drive on the right and there are traffic lanes, tramlines, and cycle lanes to contend with.
I did notice quite a few accidents while I was there, nearly all pedestrians. The police didn’t chalk around the victims’ form they placed a white plastic sheet shaped in the form of a body; this told me that they had quite a few pedestrians knocked over.
One of my favourite places has to be Ann Franks House this is so interesting, everything is still the same as it was during the war when she hid from the Germans with her family. I must point out here though, we had to queue up in the street to get into the house because it is so popular and I think they control how many people are in at one time. Pick-Pockets hang around tourists in queues as we found out, so watch out for that.
The restaurants are plentiful and there is something to suit every nationality. My fav ourite was ‘Gouchos’ an Italian steak house just up from the flower market.
The Flea market is another good visit, you can pick up all sorts, I spied an artificial tin leg on one stall, it made me wonder, Whatever happened to Douglas Baders leg when he crash-landed? Again I must stress pick-pockets are rife in these markets so be careful.
I have only visited Amsterdam in January, and it was freezing cold, so cold in fact the canals were frozen over. I saw a lot of local children skating on the canals this was nice to see, and a trip to the Windmills and Edam was definitely a trip worth going on.
Amsterdam is well worth a visit for a few days, I plan to go back in the summer months to see the tulips and flower markets, and of course to have a huge steak from ‘Gouchos’.
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