I WENT TO AMSTERDAM BACK IN 2010 AND IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL QUAINT PLACES I HAVE EVER SEEN. THERE IS MUCH MORE TO THIS CITY THAN MANY THINK. IT IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES WHERE YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO BE INSIDE...EVER JUST SITTING BY THE CANAL OR IN THE TOWN SQUARE, ITS BUSY WITH PEOPLE BUT NO-ONE IS IN A RUSH, EVERYONE IS RELAXED AND HAPPY TO JUST WATCH THE TIME GO BY. THERE ARE SO MANY FUN MUSEUMS TO GO TO SUCH AS THE WORLD RENOWNED SEX MUSEUM, MADAM TUSSAUDS, THE TORTURE MUSEUM, ANNE FRANK MUSEUM, THE PALACE AND THE AMSTERDAM DUNGEONS WHICH I NEARLY WALKED OUT OF BECAUSE THE ACTORS WERE SO REALISTIC...AND ONE MADE ME CRY BUT AT LEAST THEY WERE DOING A GOOD JOB HEY!
BEING FAMOUS FOR THEIR COFFEE SHOPS, YOU CAN SEE WHY, NO TWO ARE THE SAME. SOME WERE LIKE BARS, OTHERS WERE FAMOUS FOR JUST BEING FAMOUS, OTHERS WERE LIKE SITTING IN TURKEY AND SOME WERE JUST STRANGE. WE WENT IN ONE CALLED RESIN, LIT WITH UV LIGHTS WITH SWINGS HANGING FROM THE CEILING, THAT WAS AN EXPERIENCE.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT IS EVERYTHING IS IN WALKING DISTANCE. THE ONLY THING I FELT WE MISSED OUT ON WAS RENTING A BIKE WHICH I VOW TO DO NEXT TIME! THERE ARE MORE BIKES THAN PEOPLE IN AMSTERDAM AND I HAVE TO SAY ITS QUITE STRANGE SEEING SOME ONE RIDING DOWN THE ROAD, HOLDING AN UMBRELLA, ON THE PHONE AND SMOKING ALL AT THE SAME TIME. WE DECIDED TO WALK EVERYWHERE WHICH IS EASY AS EVERYTHING IS SO CLOSE.
THIS IS ONE PLACE I WILL DEFINITELY BE GOING BACK TO AS I STILL FEEL THERE WAS MORE TO SEE AND DO THAT WE COULDN'T SQUEEZE INTO OUR 3 DAYS!!
