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Fifty Four and Counting

Fifty Four and Counting

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I amsterdam city card – Amazingly convenient and great value!

AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 23, 2020

We planned a four day leisure weekend in Amsterdam in part because we’d not been to the Netherlands and because a friend was celebrating her 60th birthday and a group of us also planned to be there. The weather forecast left a great deal of uncertainty, apart from an assurance that it would include cold,…

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AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 22, 2020

The Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam – 1000 years of history in one place

Our final museum stop before heading back to our hotel to collect suitcases was in a former orphanage and now the…
AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 20, 2020

The Willet-Holthuysen Museum, Amsterdam – A canal-side home frozen in time

The Willet-Holthuysen Museum was left by Sandrina Louisa Geertruyda Holthuysen in her will in 1895 to the city of Amsterdam. Visiting…
AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 19, 2020

Dutch Verzets Resistance Museum, Amsterdam – Everyone should visit this moving record of history

On our final day in Amsterdam, the weather was damp, cold and miserable, but this didn’t stop us using our I…
AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 11, 2020

Vlaamsch Broodhuys, Amsterdam – A Delightful lunch in this Rustic Bakery

To be honest having tried to find somewhere to have lunch in the Joodaan area of Amsterdam proved more difficult that…
AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 7, 2020

Rembrandts House, Amsterdam – Well worth the visit!

I have to confess that I have never really been into art museums. It’s just not my thing and yet I…
AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 2, 2020

Lovers Canal Cruise, Amsterdam – See ‘Venice of the North’ through this glass ceiling boat

Wondering around Amsterdam, either by foot, public transport or even bicycle allows you to enjoy this culture rich, bustling city. You…
FoodfiftyfourandcountingJuly 28, 2019

Hop-on, hop-off bus, Palermo, Sicily – Fastest way to see the city

In most cities around the world these days you’ll find a “hop-on, hop-off” bus tour that follows a specific route, allowing…
AustriafiftyfourandcountingAugust 19, 2017

Big Bus Tour, Vienna – You definitely see more above ground this way!

The transport system in Vienna is incredible. Modern trams, clean wide roads, rickshaws, buses, horse and carriage, taxis, underground system and…
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