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Title: I'm going to Amsterdam
Post by: Newts on December 19, 2010, 09:31:12 pm
And it only felt right to tell Ye Olde Blah, Home of the Dutchies.

I will be in Amsterdam for one night only on January 19th as I am attending a mysterious event there. I'll have a few hours of leisure time in the morning so let me know what good sights I should see!


Title: Re: I'm going to Amsterdam
Post by: Devlyn on December 21, 2010, 09:18:39 am
If you like I can send you the phone numbers of OSIWM or Valderin? ;).


Title: Re: I'm going to Amsterdam
Post by: Elvenfyre on December 21, 2010, 07:54:47 pm
There's plenty of "interesting" things in amsterdam to do if you wander around, but "sights" ? I'm afraid apart from the obvious, which is more of a night thing anyway, there isn't a great deal.

Simply walking around you'll find enough things to fill a handful of hours in what is going on around you and going into the odd shop that looks weird.  The sex museum is pretty tame but fun. Wax museum is ok, depends if you like that sort of thing. A nice gallery by the big park.  Heineken bottling experience.  World issues, climate mainly i think, all presented interestingly on large stone signs.  Bicycle bells ringing from behind.  Snacks from vending machines Devlyn thinks it would be fun if you ate. 

However I spent a fair part of my time staring at the wall, thanks to some consumed fungi.  Interesting wall.


Title: Re: I'm going to Amsterdam
Post by: Newts on February 15, 2011, 10:48:18 pm
As it happened I didn't get to explore the city at all - the closest I got was walking around Schiphol Airport looking for my departure gate (that airport is huge!)

Holland sure looks beautiful from the air, though. Kudos on that!