


Netherlands Picture by 
Hank Shiffman
Travel story:
Amsterdam
My first visits to Amsterdam were a couple of day trips during my extended stay in Brussels. It's three hours by car, although in a Peugeot 504 diesel with no radio it seems a bit longer. I'd heard such interesting stories about Amsterdam that it seemed a perfect destination. The reality was and is a lot more interesting than the stories, at least the ones I'd heard.
Like the rest of the country, Amsterdam is flat. There isn't much of a skyline, which...
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