Upcoming Amsterdam trip
Posted by creining | Filed under Travel
I’m heading to Amsterdam in a couple weeks. I’ve found useful information at The Channels site and the Wikitravel Amsterdam page.
I am traveling solo, which I have never done before. I’ve flown to other countries before to meet up with someone but this will be a different experience. I’m looking forward to exploring, meeting new people, spending time with myself, contemplating, growing, becoming more self-reliant and confident and doing what I want when I want. I am really excited about this trip!
Also, I am typically a planner. Down to every last detail. With this trip however it was spur of the moment, sort of. I had wanted to go to Amsterdam this year after I finished my pilot license but wasn’t really committed to the idea. But I went ahead and bought a plane ticket 3 weeks from my departure date and I’m just gonna go. And I don’t really have a set agenda. Sweet.
Okay, well I do sort of have an agenda. But it’s much less planned than normal. When I arrive at Schiphol airport I’ll take the train which will drop me off right at Centraal Station. I will buy a museumkaart there and walk to my hotel.
I did look at a bunch of places to stay. I really wanted to stay at Hotel Brouwer but they are fully booked. Here’s the places I looked into and their ratings on Trip Advisor:
Brouwer #12, Bellevue #30, Kap #146, Corner House #185 and Museumzicht #214. I also looked at the Bulldog which is an “upscale” hostel but it was in the RLD which I don’t want to stay in and I just don’t feel like sleeping in the same room as other people anymore. It reminds me of the dormers from college.
The things I want to do are the Van Gogh museum, the Rijksmuseum, the Tattoo Museum, the Anne Frank House, the DutchFlower coffeeshop, shopping around the nine streets (negen straatjes) in the Jordaan area, wandering the flea markets Looier Kunst en Antiek-centrum (daily) on Elandsgracht 109, Beverwijkse Bazar (Saturdays), 16 miles Northwest of Amsterdam and Albert Cuypmarkt (M-F) in the De Pijp neighborhood, taking a canal bus tour, renting a bike for a day or two and riding the train out to Haarlem. And if I get bored I’m going to take the train to Belgium.
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