Today is our last day of travel in the great land of Europa. Looking back on our trip, we have met some amazing people and seen some amazing things and places. We only wish we could be lost in Amsterdam so we didn’t have to come home. Amsterdam is great city and is very well…
Amsterdam
Bicycle Friendly
Amsterdam is known as one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world. While cities like New York struggle to get people onto bikes, Amsterdam is trying to keep its hordes of bikes under control. In a city of ~800,000, there are ~ 1 million bicycles. In the past two decades, travel by bike has…
Amsterdam
Amsterdam really is a beautiful and interesting city. The architecture and the canals are so nice to walk and the cultural diversity, social tolerance and way of life here is really refreshing. There must me more bicycles here than on the entire west coast, maybe even all of the US. I could come back to…
Foam
We made it to Amsterdam yesterday and while on our flight discovered that Amsterdam has a photography museum called “foam“. So, today we walked ourselves to the museum to see photo exhibits from “Edward Steichen – In High Fashion, the Condé Nast Years, 1923–1937”, “Stephen Gill – Best Before End” and “Bowie by Duffy –…
The canals in Amsterdam
Here’s a photo of one of the many canals near our place here in Amsterdam. I was out picking up some dinner when I noticed the clouds building-up behind the apartments on the other side of the canal so I ran up and grabbed my gear before the light was gone and the rain storm…
Flower market in Amsterdam
A little shopping at the flower market in Amsterdam. Love this place.
Red Light District
Okay what would a trip to Amsterdam be without a stop at the famous Red Light District (or a look…that’s what I meant, a look). Yes prostitution is legal in Amsterdam but only in a certain area of the city. The working ladies rent small rooms for the night, get all dressed up (in…
A place to pee
One of the funniest things I’ve seen in some time was the “Pee Pole” in Amsterdam. Okay it’s not really a pole to urinate on it was just there to let men know here is a public urinal…
Easter Shopping
I was amazed at the number of people out shopping on Easter Sunday. I thought that most of the shops would be closed and people would be home with their families, I was wrong. It was just as busy on Sunday as it was on Saturday or any other day…Amsterdam is much like New York,…