Amsterdam, Netherlands

We begin our bike trip

The horizon is a straight line, the land a mere smudge, and the sky immense. You grow self assured here, I imagine, or feel very inconsequential under a sky this large, a clue perhaps to the Dutch character. It keeps dumping rain on us, then plays gray, then teases us with blue sky. In the...

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roel krabbendam on May 30, 2007 from Amsterdam, Netherlands

from the travel blog: Heaven

Schiphol

I remember or imagine feeling the plane taking off and later touching down, but in truth registered nothing until we emerged from the gate into the terminal at Schiphol. Tulip bulbs and Dutch accents and beautiful advertising graphics and endless moving sidewalks: just as I remembered it. Not...

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roel krabbendam on May 24, 2007 from Amsterdam, Netherlands

from the travel blog: Heaven

nothing but trouble

european weather is tiresome. grey colored skies that let loose a flurry of fat rain drops. wicked winds that whip colorful sidwalk trash around your ankles. every day it's the same. wake up to rain, fall asleep to rain. it's a constant companion, a bother. sunny days the whole town emerges,...

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lepetiteprof on February 25, 2007 from Amsterdam, Netherlands

from the travel blog: all glory comes from daring to begin

Day 11 - 12: Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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bethy on June 29, 2006 from Amsterdam, Netherlands

from the travel blog: Europe hitch

Hittin' the continent

Ok, so it looks like we'll be flying into Amsterdam and will have a day to get to Maastricht. If anyone has suggestions as to what's worth seeing (besides the Bulldog and the red light district) please let me know. I figure we'll hit a couple museums or maybe check out the countryside &...

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Buckster on November 7, 2005 from Amsterdam, Netherlands

from the travel blog: Maastricht, NE

Still flying

Off to Amsterdam

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iam5tv on June 3, 2004 from Amsterdam, Netherlands

from the travel blog: Steven

cycling the Dutch hinterland

In Natuur Gebied De Klencke, 03-04-2000. As nearly always during my cycle trips I try to wildcamp experiencing the best part of my day....at night in front of my tent, my belly full with good food, my sleeping bag inside my tent a-waiting my exhausted body for the night, promising my gray...

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heraclio on March 4, 2000 from Amsterdam, Netherlands

from the travel blog: 600 km. to Berlin

600 km. to Berlin

In the forest near Emmeloort, 02-04-2000. Five months sice my last trip cycling all winter as a bicycle messenger in the Amsterdam city centre. Unusual for me to winter in cold and rainy Amsterdam, most winters I spend in Southeast Asia hating the dutch cold. But then most of my...

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heraclio on February 4, 2000 from Amsterdam, Netherlands

from the travel blog: 600 km. to Berlin