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analog · 09-02-2005, 03:22 PM

The Netherlands (Holland) is absolutely beautiful. The countryside is gorgeous as you drive around or take trains or buses around the country... and Amsterdam, though pretty much at this point a giant tourist city, has so much history in it that you still feel like you're seeing something awesome, even though all the shops are either food or souvenirs.

All in all, I spent two full days walking around the city, and it's MASSIVE. I didn't get to go IN the van Gogh museum, but it's pretty big from the outside. I will make it a point to see it next time i'm there. The canals are also really neat-looking, and all the city streets run in concentric half-circles out from a central point downtown... so every street you're on, you can see for a long way down each side before it bends around.

I was also amazed at how clean and relatively drug-dealer-free the streets around the Red Light District were. They weren't dark or dangerous-looking or gross at all. It's also a very odd sight to see women- many of them are unbelievably gorgeous, many of them are 18 to 24- just standing behind the glass doors and waiting for you to pay them for sex. It's just an odd thing to see.

Disappointed: So many people who go there, tell me the beaches in Tampa, FL are awesome, and how clean and beautiful and so on... (I live in Orlando, about 1.5 hours away) well, I decided to go one time and spent almost the whole day looking for a beach that didn't look like garbage. We only spent an hour at one beach, and I was really disappointed. I've been back twice since that time, at different times of the year, made no difference. I won't bother again.

On the other hand, Tampa has a pretty damn nice night life. Great clubs, HUGE clubs, great music, pretty good people.

09-02-2005, 03:22 PM	#72 (permalink)
analog Banned	The Netherlands (Holland) is absolutely beautiful. The countryside is gorgeous as you drive around or take trains or buses around the country... and Amsterdam, though pretty much at this point a giant tourist city, has so much history in it that you still feel like you're seeing something awesome, even though all the shops are either food or souvenirs. All in all, I spent two full days walking around the city, and it's MASSIVE. I didn't get to go IN the van Gogh museum, but it's pretty big from the outside. I will make it a point to see it next time i'm there. The canals are also really neat-looking, and all the city streets run in concentric half-circles out from a central point downtown... so every street you're on, you can see for a long way down each side before it bends around. I was also amazed at how clean and relatively drug-dealer-free the streets around the Red Light District were. They weren't dark or dangerous-looking or gross at all. It's also a very odd sight to see women- many of them are unbelievably gorgeous, many of them are 18 to 24- just standing behind the glass doors and waiting for you to pay them for sex. It's just an odd thing to see. Disappointed: So many people who go there, tell me the beaches in Tampa, FL are awesome, and how clean and beautiful and so on... (I live in Orlando, about 1.5 hours away) well, I decided to go one time and spent almost the whole day looking for a beach that didn't look like garbage. We only spent an hour at one beach, and I was really disappointed. I've been back twice since that time, at different times of the year, made no difference. I won't bother again. On the other hand, Tampa has a pretty damn nice night life. Great clubs, HUGE clubs, great music, pretty good people.