Our hotel in Amsterdam was very close to Dam Square, lots of shopping and Central Station in one direction, the Flower Market, lots of bars and clubs and all the museums in the other direction. It seems like a pretty small city, much smaller than Rome, and you can walk to just about everything. If there’s something that’s too far to walk, they have an excellent tram system that’s very easy to navigate and goes everywhere. Instead of paying with coins, you use a pre-paid card. It’s so much easier. Lots of cities have subway systems where you can’t see where you’re going. The Amsterdam trams are at street level and you can see everything. It’s like a fast, clean, comfortable and efficient bus that you don’t have to be poor and dirty to ride.
We had a view of the Singel canal and a couple of house boats from our room. Some people live on boats in the canal full time.
We were also very close to the Allard Pierson Museum, an archeological museum that focuses on places like ancient Rome. Since we were just in Rome and saw the ancient sites in person, The museum was more interesting than it would have been otherwise.
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