2 days and 1 night in Amsterdam
February 4, 2005
View from the Bulldog Hotel/Coffee shop
Chilling in the hotel room
Got our quarters at the Bulldog hotel in the middle of the "Red light district". Interesting to say the least. So that night we just kind of wandered the streets a little and returned to our bunk beds pretty early.
The next morning we set out to find some breakfast, even though it was really already time for lunch if you ask me, but anywho. At the Dam Square we got some coffee and baked stuff to tie us over until later, because we wanted to go to the Hard Rock Cafe for real food.
Oh, did I mention that it had started to snow in the middle of the night? Yeah, fun stuff.
The Bulldog Hotel in the Red Light District
Walking outside was kinda cold so we decided to check out a few museums. No, not art and stuff. We went to the Amsterdam Sex museum. Wow, very interesting and try not to be to baked cause those stairs in there are no joke! ;-) Afterwards we kinda stumbled across a few coffee shops and then made our way to the wax museum which was fun! We got our picture taken with wax Pierce Brosnan which was a new edition to the museum at the time. Afterwards we hit the Heineken Brewery. If I remember correctly the tickets are 10 Euro per Person but you do get 3 free beers inside so :-) . We made a video of us floating in a beer bottle which was hilarious. Maybe one day I'll load it up here. hahaha After all of this it was finally time for fooooooood. We went to Amsterdam's Hard Rock Cafe and filled our bellies.
And that was about all we did because we had to head back home since the weekend was almost over and some folks had to get back to work.
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View from the Bulldog Hotel/Coff…
Chilling in the hotel room
The Bulldog Hotel in the Red Lig…
boobs in the snow :-)
Some coffee shop
The Dam Square
sorry, memory is a little fuzzy …
Somewhere in Amsterdam
Somewhere in Amsterdam
At the Hard Rock Cafe watching t…
A wooden car
Hard Rock Cafe Amsterdam
Heineken brewery and museum. Fre…
must be very interesting reading…
Beer adds
The different types of Heineken
My buddy showing Jessica Simpson…
At the Wax museum
no comment
Me and the wax Robbie Williams
Great place to stay with a group of people
My friends and I stayed here in March of 2005. Parking outside can be tricky, but most of you will probably come here by plane or train anyhow. We hadn't made reservations but ended up getting a nice room for the four of us. The room was actually too big. We had one queen sized bed and two bunk beds, so there was plenty of room to sleep. The bathroom was very clean with a nice tub. The chess board tiles on the wall made me a little dizzy but then again, I guess it was suppose to have that effect since this was Amsterdam! ;)
The room itself had a couple of windows with a nice view of the canals and the red light district across the street. Don't be scared off by that. The females are not running around on the street. They have nice showcases inside the buildings. ;) It didn't bother me, that's what I mean to say by that. lol
But back to the room. The walls were painted in multiple colors. I really liked it. When you go to the website you'll see that the rooms have different themes.
Since we stayed here in the winter and it was snowing outside I should probably also mention that the heater was working perfectly. No one had to be cold.
I recommend this place for fun loving groups that just like to have a place to sleep and hang out in this beautiful, interesting city.
The room itself had a couple of windows with a nice view of the canals and the red light district across the street. Don't be scared off by that. The females are not running around on the street. They have nice showcases inside the buildings. ;) It didn't bother me, that's what I mean to say by that. lol
But back to the room. The walls were painted in multiple colors. I really liked it. When you go to the website you'll see that the rooms have different themes.
Since we stayed here in the winter and it was snowing outside I should probably also mention that the heater was working perfectly. No one had to be cold.
I recommend this place for fun loving groups that just like to have a place to sleep and hang out in this beautiful, interesting city.
Look for the sign
The coffee shop part. Oldest one…
Fancy wall painting
The view from our room
The fun bathroom
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