Amsterdam Travel Blogs - Page 9

Yesterday we got lucky! Today it has been raining all day long. It is funny how annoying could be for us, and how Dutch people don´t even notice it. We already had seen the weather forecast a few days ago, so we decided to do some cultural visits. First thing we did was to  visit the Rijks Mu…

On Saturday, we needed pancakes, and we went to the Pancake corner on Leidseplein.  Oh, my goodness.  Well, I'll do you a review, but if we just say that I don't think any of us even thought about lunch?  Highly recommended.  The service was even OK. N, T and C all wanted to go…

Well, sleep was not so easy for me so I did not end up waking up as bright and early as I had hoped.  Also, it was overcast and rainy this Monday morning, but I dragged myself out of bed anyway and hit up breakfast.  Now the hotel that I am staying at does not have an actualy breakfast, b…

I flew to Amsterdam for the Travbuddy Queensnight/Queensday minimeetup, which was awesome - mainly due to the fact that the Travbuddies were all so cool and up for a laugh. I then joined up with some friends from Spain which was a little more civil, but still brilliant. I love this city, and I have to go back soon!

If you're a foreigner, you should go to Amsterdam once in youre life! Also for Dutch people offcourse ;)And especially @ Queensday!The city is really a choas, full of people, but amazing to go through!And don't forget to put on your orange clothes!! :)

Writing this while waiting in Starbucks for Erin to arrive in Amsterdam from Sacramento/Portland.  I landed around 5:40 AM from Taiwan.  She is scheduled to arrive at 11, but the board says her plane should arrive around 10:19AM.  Current time is 8:45 AM...she's almost here!&nbs…

I want to personally thank everyone who came out either days! We had such an incredible time and I feel I made some great friends in the process. :D

We learned from our mistakes yesterday and got up early enough to get a great breakfast at the hostel, and more importantly, skip the queues at the Anne Franks House museum. Our breakfast was merely a couple of pieces of toast with a fried egg on each, but the real moment of genius was having a…

At last, the moment I’ve been waiting eight months for is there: I’m off to Australia for six weeks! Well, my parents and sisters are tagging along so I won’t be on my very own. After all, they want to see my brother too! We’ll sorta pick him up in Australia ending his travels through Austr…

This morning was my last morning with Lydia for a week or so, as she has to head back to work while I have a conference starting Wednesday. We got up early to get her to the train station, while the streets were still being scrubbed clean from the previous night's revelry. We said our farewell…

Back to the Schiphol airport already...at least it's not for my departure which is all I care about.  I am still scratching my head though at how fast my adventure with Brett had been going and the fact we were closer to the end now that the gang was arriving for all the year end festivities.&…

I wasn’t planning on writing about my final Amsterdam excursion as I’m sure you and I are both becoming experts on the place. However, many unplanned and interesting events occurred during my one night stay.The whole purpose for this final visit was due to the fact I had an early morning flight…

I woke up on Bloemengracht at my hotel knowing that I had some morning things to take care of.  Due to my crazy planning I was checking out of my hotel in Amsterdam and would be switching to a place in Amstelveen.  Actually this one wasn't really my fault.  I was supposed to be stayi…

This was the first meetup ever we attempted. We were pretty excited to meet everybody we only new thrue the travbuddy website. We went to Amsterdam by train it is a good 2,5 hours from our home. We arrived late in the afternnon. First we went to Amsterdams Leidseplein (square) and had some mexican …

After two interrupted starts (see South America I and II) I finally set off on my trip around the world. Well, around the world, I wasn't planning anything, but I had a ticket to Australia the wrong way around, which gave me stop-overs in South America, Easter Island, Tahiti and New Zealand, which …