We have found the Amsterdam buildings very unique and interesting. Lots of them have signs saying they were built in 1600's. That's very old. Many of the buildings tend to lean backwards or forwards or sideways. Must be on shaky foundations. No skyscrapers just old buildings mostly three storeys high. The doorways are very narrow and stairs steep. Any furniture has to be lifted up on a pulley and through a window. All buildings have a hoisting hook right at the t...

Uneven Brick paths, narrow stairways, fast efficient trams with an easy to use ticket system, crooked buildings and late starts to the working day. We have moved to our apartment "La Vie En Rose" just down from the Crowne Plaza where we stayed the first night. The stairs are extremely steep and extremely narrow what fun getting heavy cases up. Luckily we are only on the first floor, the stairs up to the other floors are steeper and curve around. We have found it ...

Canals, boats, bikes, pints of Heineken, crowds of people, pigeons, pastry shops, sex shops, coffee shops advertising permission to smoke cannabis, smokers in restaurants. After 31 hours travelling we finally arrived at our hotel. Just like an Amazing Race event after arriving and thinking I had planned out how to easily get to our hotel by train. Trains weren't running today so we had to get a bus and were dropped at a station we hadn't planned for. No names on...