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Category Archives: Amsterdam
Traveling with our Irish Cousins in Europe and the US
We stayed in Edinburgh for one week during our visit to Scotland this last May. And three of those days were spent with our Irish cousins Henry and Geraldine and Henry’s niece Rosie. It was our eighth reunion with our … Continue reading
Posted in Amsterdam, California, Family History, Ireland, London, Netherlands, Nevada, Paris, Scotland, Travel, Venice
Tagged Ards Peninsula, County Down, Dublin, Edinburgh, genealogy, Holywood, Muckle cousins, photography, travel, travel photography
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What’s Wrong and What’s Right with Amsterdam?
What’s Wrong with Amsterdam? Could it be the bikes? The Red Lights? The whiff of Mary Jane in the air? Maybe it’s the garbage out of which this swan builds her nest. So what’s Right with Amsterdam? Could it be … Continue reading
Posted in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Travel
Tagged canal houses, canal swans, Dutch culture, museums, photography, population, tolerance, travel, travel photography
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The Train to Leiden
We stayed in Amsterdam for three nights at a hotel (the Boutique Hotel View) on Leidsekade near Leidseplein where the old road to Leiden began. But we opted to take a more modern route when we decided to visit Leiden … Continue reading
Amsterdam Bus Tour
Well, we toured Amsterdam’s major canals both by foot and by boat. Might as well try a sightseeing bus, too. So we hopped on a sightseeing bus after our visit to the Anne Frank House on Monday. The bus took … Continue reading
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Tagged Amstel River, bus tour, Mint Tower, photography, Singel canal, Stadhouderskade, travel, travel photography
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Walking along the Prinsengracht
On the Monday morning after our cruise we decided to walk along the Prinsengracht, one of Amsterdam’s three major canals. We dallied and we window-shopped and we took pictures and stopped for lunch and the walk took 90 minutes before … Continue reading
Anne Frank’s Secret Annex
We walked along the Prinsengracht on Monday, May 21, 2012 and visited the house where Anne Frank and her family hid from the German police for two years during the World War II German occupation of the Netherlands. They were … Continue reading
Vincent’s sister-in-law and the Van Gogh Museum
Vincent Van Gogh died on July 29, 1890 and his brother Theo died six months later. Theo’s wife Johanna then inherited Theo’s collection of more than 200 of Vincent’ s paintings, over 400 of his drawings, and close to 700 … Continue reading
Amsterdam’s Many Museums
What do you do in Amsterdam when it rains? Why, you go to a museum, of course! But if you should reflect on the quality and diversity of the museums offered in this city, you might even consider visiting one … Continue reading
Posted in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Travel
Tagged Anne Frank House, Bags and Purses Museum, Centraal Station, Concertgebouw, diamond museum, EYE Film Institute Netherlands, Hash Marihuana and Hemp Museum, Heineken Experience, Hermitage Museum, Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, Museum of Medieval Torture Instruments, Museumplein, museums, National Maritime Museum, Nemo, Our Lord in the Attic, photography, Rijksmuseum, sex museums, Stedelijk Museum, travel, travel photography, Tulip Museum, Van Gogh Museum, Van Loom Home
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Where we stayed in Amsterdam
We started planing for our European trip in the Fall of 2011. At that time TripAdvisor gave its number one rating for all hotels in Amsterdam to the Boutique Hotel View, a three-star hotel in the Leidseplein area. I think … Continue reading
