Amsterdam and I have never really gotten along. After some moon-cake-related issues in 2002, when my best friends told me they were celebrating their wedding anniversary and one of their 30th birthdays in Amsterdam while I was abroad, I couldn’t say no to a meet-up in a city I hadn’t planned on.
While I, naturally, had some issues with the city yet again (I thought my shin collapsed, but it was really paranoia and the fault of the Dampkring), I did love spending time with my best friends in a foreign country. Aside from the coffee shops, we did some other tourist things, too, like visiting the “i amsterdam” installation, and a canal cruise.
One of the things I loved most about Amsterdam in May? The sunsets at 10 p.m.
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I live in Holland and I agree upon Amsterdam…it actually isn’t that good because the emphasis on the naughty stuff. But you can filter it out or visit the tinier but cuter Utrecht
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I really want to explore the rest of Holland!
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Loved Amsterdam but also felt like it would be incredibly expensive to live there. Just the hit I got, which sort of put me off (I live in Barcelona).
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I think it would be, too. But, I don’t know. I only know cost of living for Madrid because I was seriously looking there.
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It wasn’t my favorite place, but I’d like to give it another chance.
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I feel the same. I liked it, but not my favorite. It isn’t like Madrid, where I would visit again and again and again.
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Ohhhh Amsterdam…. Many visits there in my early to middle 20s. Not that I remember any of them. Just kidding (I think)
There is so much more to it than it’s reputation, I wish more people knew that.
Dampkring- yikes- that brings back some memories. đŸ™‚
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Ditto. Amsterdam seems to always hurt me. And yet …
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