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After work today, I’m hopping a plane to Frankfurt. I’m taking this ridiculously posh cruise up the Rhine and ending with a few days in Amsterdam. I have no experience with trips of this ilk (cocktail dresses for dinner, m’kay?), and have generally little idea of what to expect. But I woke up at 3:30 to pack, and packed I did!
So, due to my work schedule and general life traumas, I’m really not very well researched for this trip. I’ve read a book on Dutch culture (which I’m sure will be very helpful when I want to make conversation about the many hardworking Dutch people who toil to keep the polders from flooding), but I haven’t done so much in the way of guidebooks or researching local blogs, etc.
If you have suggestions on good places to eat and whatnot in Amsterdam, Bernkastel, Koblenz, etc., please, please let me know.
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Amsterdam: nice place if you avoid the tourist traps. There’s a lovely leftie/anarchist bookstore run by a draft-dodger who stuck around for 30-odd years.
If you must visit the ‘coffee shops’ avoid the cake. Really. It’s not good for you. I had the whitey from hell after too much cake.
The Van Gogh museum is a ‘don’t miss’. The Rijksmuseum is a bit big and drab but has some excellent stuff in it.
Avoid the torture museum. It’s rubbish. It looks like a dark, grotty school gym full of dark, grotty school gym equipment. Which may float your boat but does little for me ;)
Disclaimer: I seem to spend a lot of time at Schiphol but never actually get into Amsterdam these days.
comment by Pete Fenelon 06.06.07 @ 1:13 pm