Dusty Globe » Amsterdam http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe Just another Blog.newsok.com weblog Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:04:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Amsterdam in Photos http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/2010/10/20/amsterdam-in-photos/ http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/2010/10/20/amsterdam-in-photos/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:47:26 +0000 katya http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/?p=1080 Amsterdam

Amsterdam is a gorgeous city filled with old buildings and picturesque canals. I’ve been spending a lot of of time walking around and taking pictures of canals and bridges.

From Canal

Amsterdam is also one of the most bike friendly cities I have ever been in. But pedestrian beware crossing the bike lanes- they don’t stop! It seems just about everyone here has a bike, and the dedicated bike lanes get pretty full come rush hour.…

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Originally I was planning on flying to Amsterdam on one of Europe’s various discount airlines, but in the end I decided to take the ferry across the North Sea. The ferry to Amsterdam leaves from Newcastle, so it ended up being very convenient.…

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