On Sunday afternoon, we were keen to see the Oude Kerk (Old Church), Amsterdam’s oldest building, which was consecrated in 1306. The fact that it is situated slap bang in the middle of the red light district added a certain…
Touring Amsterdam
A bright Saturday afternoon and it seems the whole of Amsterdam is out socialising. Sitting at canal-side cafes or on boats. And on bikes, bikes and more bikes. Doesn’t it just make you want to paint it all? As part…
Food in Amsterdam
Just to try something different, we booked a 4-hour walk with Eating Amsterdam Tours, so this is a somewhat unusual post, taken up almost entirely with the cuisine of Amsterdam. Although they normally have a maximum of 12 people per…
Amsterdam canals
We recently spent a long weekend in Amsterdam, arriving at 4:30 on the Friday afternoon and by 8pm we were out cruising the canals, not wanting to miss a moment of the short time available to us on this trip.…