I took my first trip to Europe, June 2014. We traveled to Amsterdam, Germany and Austria. The Germany and Austria part of the trip was with Trafalgar Tours. I really was looking forward to taking a lot of pictures and short movies. Being my first trip to Europe, I had no clue what to do and not to do with a whole lot of issues. Here is my good and bad list: Correct Decisions I decided to buy a new…
For father’s day I get a $50 Barnes & Noble gift card. I use the Internet and order a Nook book. I figure that during the ordering process I can input the gift card and apply that to my purchase. Not with Banes & Noble. Evidently you must plow through their web site to find the location where you activate your gift card FIRST. From my past experience, I have experienced the opportunity to activate my gift card as part…
May 28, 2014 we dinned at Greenwoods Amsterdam restaurant. It has excellent Internet reviews. It is very small inside and very little room to move around. The food was excellent. I was utterly amazed watching the waitress and cook, only two people, work so hard to provide meals and drinks. The image above shows the outside of this rather small restaurant. The map above shows the exact location which is Singel 103 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Phone is +31 20 623…
I came across a couple of men doing survey work in Amsterdam. They were measuring the subsidence of Amsterdam buildings which can result in any building to tilt or pitch in any direction. As you walk through this city you should take special attention to detect buildings that are not lined up correctly with buildings next door. In the image above, you can see that the near building and next building are not lined up properly due to subsidence. In…