Amsterdam (Netherlands)
21 July 2022
There's a hell of a lot to like about Amsterdam, it's as simple as that. I'd only ever been to the city once before where Inga a & I spent 5 days in a lovely canal on the equally as charming Singel canal in the centre of the city. Unfortunately for me, on this occasion we only had the opportunity to spend one overcast and drizzly afternoon, moving at the beck and call of a tempestuous city that inherently knows how endearing and attractive it is, but still walks on with that 'ugly duckling' syndrome.
Having been based in Leiden for the past few days, a mere 50kms away from this urban marvel, it would have been a sin not to have allowed ourselves the opportunity to spend some time immersed in its allure.
Amsterdam presents itself as dynamic, progressive, historic, charming, vibrant, cosmopolitan, quaint, eclectic and a raft of other adjectives....and it lives up to all of it. In my first few steps from departing Amsterdam Centraal station I recalled saying to Inga on a number of occasions, ' I forgot how great this place is'. Even in the rain, even with such a limited time constraint, the canals, the houses and the environment is just intoxicating. It's certainly a special place.
Unfortunately we only had a long afternoon to enjoy our time here but we know its going to be a place that we'll return to at least a few more times in this lifetime - lets go to the photos.
