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WALKING AMSTERDAM
Beware the Bicycles Tinkling Bell
You
say Neider, I say neither. It's all Dutch to me. You've seen the terror
flick "Hostel" and
decided it would be cool to go to Amsterdam to get laid, stoned and
inviscerated (hopefully in that order should you chose the last option).
Amsterdam is a good city for exploring on foot and wandering
Amsterdam's Red Light District until the wee hours with the prostitutes
in the
windows,
some
of them
rather surprisingly unappealing compared to the ladies of Hamburg's
sex street (see St
Pauli-Reeperbahn)
for the overpaid spots and crowded with jostling tourists - so many
Brits with a few too many
beers, can be more chilling than titilating.
But
the real terror of Amsterdam
are
bicycles.
Everybody rides them at
Lance
Armstrong
speed
down the
sidewalks,
nevermind
two-wheeler
lanes (see Biking in Holland). And you're likely to get creamed before
you hear the dinking little bell of "get out of my way!" pique.
Walking in Amsterdam will get you around quite easily, with the occasional
tram trolley
ride. If you want to avoid the bikes, take a canal boat along the
canals lined
with ancient half-timbered building creaking over the centuries.
But if you really want to have fun in Amsterdam, ask a bartender
to explain why - if the country is Holland, they call it The Netherlands
(Der
Neiderlands), but the language is Dutch. Talk about an expression
of tortured logic. © Bargain
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