Amsterdam

Excellent. Off to Amsterdam on Thursday with the flattie. Should be fun. Flying out from Leeds for about £77 return, £28 parking - so not bad value really. The other option was to take the ferry, but funnily enough it was more expensive and took longer (whilst simultaneously pumpipng far more tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere). Staying at a hostel called the 'Flying Pig' - very appropriate. Anyone got any must see's in Amsterdam?

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Anonymous said…
One weekend probably aint enough. But for a start:
Anne Frank's house
Dutch windows (and a filthy show)
Heineken brewery
Bicycle ride/boat ride
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