Marc Abramowitz

Some notes and photos from Amsterdam during our recent trip to Europe:

Amsterdam: 2007-04-29
Amsterdam on Queen’s Day: 2007-04-30
Amsterdam & Keukenhof: 2007-05-01
Amsterdam & Haarlem: 2007-05-02
Amsterdam, Hague, and . . . → Read More: Amsterdam travel log

The Hague for the most part is a modern city and is not super interesting from a touristy point of view. We spent most of our time at a place called Madurodam which is a park with lots of impressively realistic miniature models of various places in the Netherlands.

My day was spoiled a bit when some . . . → Read More: Day 5: Amsterdam/Hague/Delft

Day 4 in Amsterdam and we made a day trip to the nearby town of Haarlem. Haarlem is a very laid back and relaxing place, especially when compared to the crowds in Amsterdam for Queen’s Day.

Highlights included a canal cruise, a church, more Flemish fries, and visiting a “coffee shop” called “High Times”.

Unfortunately, something went screwy . . . → Read More: Day 4: Amsterdam/Haarlem

The third day of our Europe trip and our third day in Amsterdam. We spent most of the day in Keukenhof – a place that could best be described as a “flower park”.

We took the tram to the Amsterdam Centraal station and then took a train to Leiden and from there a bus to Keukenhof. At . . . → Read More: Day 3: Amsterdam

This was the second day of our Europe trip and our second day in Amsterdam. We had not realized this when we booked the trip, but April 30 is a very special holiday in the Netherlands called Koninginnedag (Queen’s Day in English). Queen’s Day is a huge outdoor party, all over the city, and the city . . . → Read More: Day 2: Amsterdam

We finally made a first pass through the 2000+ pictures that we took on our recent trip to the Netherlands, Belgium, Paris, London, and Bath and I uploaded some of the better ones to Flickr. Here’s the first installment in a sort of travel log (accompanied by a few photos).

2007-04-29

Our first day in Amsterdam was a . . . → Read More: Day 1: Amsterdam

It’s time for a vacation. In a few hours, we’ll be hopping on a flight to Amsterdam and we’ll be spending the next three weeks in the Netherlands, Belgium, Paris, and London.

We’re hoping to use the long flight and Nicole’s new video iPod to catch up on 24, for which we have managed to get . . . → Read More: Going to Europe