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…
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…
I had a slightly broken umbrella while in Amsterdam. I purchased a Tuliplu Falconetti by Impliva to replace the damaged one. This Tuliplu umbrella is sold all over Amsterdam and surrounding areas. This umbrella lasted less than a day. In my opinion, the construction is cheap and of poor design. I do not recommend that you waste your money on this item.
Vibrant. If you have visited New York and never visited Amsterdam, let me tell you that this city is the opposite from sleepy.
After more than two hours of research (Nov. 29, 2013) looking at about 15 hotels, my daughter came up with her top 3 choices. We removed much of her research comments such as prices, reviews and any other information that is time dependent. The comments below do not show our hidden requirements of location near the Dam and the central location close to sight seeing locations. Radisson Blu Hotel, Amsterdam: Free Wifi; 6 min. walking distance from Dam Square; 17…
The spread sheet below was done by my daughter, November 29, 2013. The data in the table may very well become less accurate as time moves on. We offer this data only as an example of one method for deciding upon a place to stay in a foreign country. Not stated in the data sheet is the fact that we did some reading about Amsterdam and found that there are certain city sections that we wish to be close to. …
A group of 8 adults will be visiting Amsterdam, May 2014. We need hotel, restaurant, and points of interest ideas in Amsterdam. We would love to stay 4 days in a hotel by a canal. We need 4 rooms. If you have a recommendation to make, please share with us. Send an e-mail to captain.mclaren@gmail.com We plan on sharing our reviews of everything about the trip including travel, hotel, restaurant, and places we visit and make reviews in this web…