The final installment of my tips for enjoying the best of Amsterdam is to take a break and relax. The city has a lot of green park space and it’s fairly tourist-free actually.
Food, Wine, and a Patch of Green Grass
Relaxing and taking it slow is supremo tops on the list for a lot of travelers making their way to Amsterdam – and in addition to allowing “coffee shop” purchases the city does not have the restrictive open container laws that are in effect in the United States.
That means that a …

Delighting in the copious amounts of organic food markets in Amsterdam is the subject for this third installment of the Amsterdam series. While I was pretty lucky to have a home with a fully stocked kitchen, backpackers with a hostel kitchen and hotel travelers should also take part at least with fresh fruits.
Amsterdam Food and Markets
The city of Amsterdam is one of the most progressive and green cities I’ve visited so far on the trip…and in addition to biking around the city instead of cars, the locals have …

I’ve been lucky enough to score a sweet house-sitting gig in Amsterdam for two weeks and was able to spend a lot of time exploring what this city has to offer – check out my advice for how to rent a bike in Amsterdam if you haven’t yet and stay tuned throughout the rest of the week for more tips!
Museums and Tourist Sites in Amsterdam
There are roughly 26 museums and/or places of interest in the city (and there’s a great free-map of them all at the tourist office/museum information desk). …

Amsterdam is a city that has one major reputation and it’s the reputation that had numerous people giving me a *wink, wink* and a nudge when I told them I planned to stay in the city for two weeks. But there is a whole other side to the city than the “coffee shops” and I was pretty lucky to live like a local in Amsterdam for two weeks while house-sitting and take in the museums, parks, and the thrill of puttering through the streets on an old jalopy of a …

I think that it’s been perhaps evident that I’ve been getting a bit worn out lately. All of the constant movement of the road is catching up with me and I am just tired and I don’t want to constantly pick up and move. The weariness is starting to show now though in some not so great ways.
After my time in Český Krumlov Cousin H and I were flying to Amsterdam out of Prague. Why flying? Well trains in Europe are expensive if you don’t book ahead…and we didn’t…mostly because …