| Page Views: 7,186 Last Visit to Amsterdam: - | Amsterdam by nighthawk - last update: Sep 11, 2003 |
Amsterdam, for most foreigners it is almost the same as porn and coffeeshop.
However, Amsterdam has more than that.
The city has character, despite the fact it hasn t got buildings like Paris, Rome and London have, or an unforgettable skyline like Hong Kong and New York seem to have.
The city is like a decor piece, beautiful, wealthy and well build, platform for whatever piece, from opera to theater.
The capital of The Netherlands, built on poles in the mouth of the river Amstel used to be forth biggest city after Paris, London and Napels in the 17th century and it used to rule the seven world seas.
Trade in spices and slaves made Amsterdam a wealthy city. Tradesmen favoured art and had city palaces built for them, most of those houses still are there.
Motto of the city seems to be 'moet kunnen' a kind of laissez faire that the chaos of daily life organises. It makes the city a pleasant city to be. |
| Last group pic of the day |
2-22 VT Meet VOC cafe, across CS, 10 am, 2003 Hehe I am home! But no rest for the sinful! hahaha forum postings popping up urging me to start uploading the pics!!
I can tell you I had a great day! Thank you all! I hope you all enjoyed too!
Oh and I got some tan! wow this early in the year!
I was a bit late this morning (story of my life....) so when I walked towards the Schreierstoren my phone rang. Catherine/Danny/Ingrid (mmm I guess I mumbled a bit too much so Cath and Danny didn t understand what I was saying and Ingrid came to the rescue :-)) oh well I d better stop and tell more later on!!!
But the welcome by my 'sis' was great!! It was great to finally meet Cuckoo!
Meeting the others was great as well :-)! |
I found a nice link on the world wide web where one can order bulbs or just read about tulips and bulbs and get some gardening ideas.
Follow this link: "http://www.tulipworld.com/home.asp" to Tulipworld Amsterdam.
Just take a look at that site and be amazed by the many varietes of bulbs: tulips in all different size, shape and color, dahlia's etc.
Even if your not interested in bying tulips, the site is fun reading. As it is written on one of the pages: Tulipmania
The most famous of all bulbs, the tulip, has been the cause of a major financial crisis in the Netherlands only a few decades after it was introduced in our regions at the end of the 16th century. It originally came from eastern Mediterranean regions, which at that time -- a very prosperous time in The Netherlands -- were the source of many exotic products. For the rich and the famous the tulip was a status symbol. The popularity of the tulip soared and soon the demand skyrocketed. In 1636, people started using the tulip to speculate with, indebting themselves to buy the bulbs at very high prices and selling them for even higher ones. Prices went as high as the prices of big houses along the canals in Amsterdam. Nowadays one floor in such a house already costs more than one million guilders. The reversal of their fortune was reached on February 3rd 1637, when for the first time, a collection of very exclusive tulips remained unsold. Other cases followed and the speculative bubble was quickly pierced. |
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| Pros: | "lively city which can be easy accessed by public transportation" | | Cons: | "so many people!" | | In A Nutshell: | "fun!" |
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MikeStarr5 Sun Dec 2, 2007 13:27 UTC
Happy Birthday from Mike and Shelley in sunny "Barking Town" - Have a great day ! | vpeter Mon May 28, 2007 00:44 UTC
Goh, Roelien. Dat het al weer zo lang geleden is die VT ontmoeting in Amsterdam. Groet peter | RickinDutch Fri Dec 2, 2005 20:48 UTC
Great photos! Birthday greetings from Alaska! | abc_of_freedom Thu Dec 23, 2004 18:11 UTC
very useful page. Greetings from istanbul. |
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