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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:06 pm
by Lovermont
sherban wrote:Did a public park near the Van Gogh museam that had a great snack shop in it...don't remeber the name but it is in the books...that was fun.
May have been Vondelpark, which is sort of like Amsterdam's Central Park.
sherban wrote:My wife and I went to see the local symphony orchestra play while we were there...that was awesome..a great memory.
Check what's on at the Concertgebouw during your visit. http://www.concertgebouw.nl
Lovermont
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 6:36 pm
by sherban
Lovermont wrote:sherban wrote:Did a public park near the Van Gogh museam that had a great snack shop in it...don't remeber the name but it is in the books...that was fun.
May have been Vondelpark, which is sort of like Amsterdam's Central Park.
Lovermont- thanks for building on my vague and fading memories...I appreciate your help and you are right I googled Vondlepark and found the "funky cafe" we visited...Blaauwe Theehuis Vondelpark...
http://www.amsterdamimage.com/main.php? ... alNumber=2
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:44 pm
by RickG
Brugge? Ja, tasty brews. In Amseterdam:
Cafe Belgique
Biercafé 't Arendsnest & Beer Temple
In de Wildeman
Cafe Gollem (say hi to Chris)
De Beiaard
De Ooievaar
and our favorite Coffee House - Dutch Flowers on Spui.
It's a great walking town, definitely take the time to walk about. Have some New Herring from a herring stand. We've been a half dozen times and love. We like to start our beer trips here and hit Koln and Dusseldorf before doing the Belgian loop and then Bavaria.
Oh, and I think you'd have fun at Casa Rosa.
Cheers, RickG
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:23 am
by cptnkirk
My buddies Cheech and Chong have been I'll get back to ya on this
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 5:14 pm
by sherban
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:49 pm
by Lovermont
Ha! I love the first sentence "Bluebird has a good reputation for its range of hash and grass, its food and its multi-lingual staff." I bet Gromit will drop into the Bluebird to converse with the multi-lingual staff!
Lovermont
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:30 am
by Gromit
Thanks again for all the tips.... keep them coming.
I think we're going to saty in West Amsterdam (not as far as Jordaan) but at a little hotel on the Singel Canal. I think that will give us a nice environment but keep us fairly centrally located.
@Rick: Herring... been there done that! Not for me!
I think it's so funny how everyone talks about the Coffeehouses. You gotta love the Ducth and their pragmatism: "Either legalize it or build more prisons."
I can assure everyone that our stop in Amsterdam was not driven by the Coffeehouses!! Seriously.