Amsterdam 2026

Another big and beautiful train station though this one felt much more modern on the inside.

Yet another fabulous coffee / breakfast spot…

This was a nice find. Tables along a long wall so lots of people watching. Nice service, table side beef tartare, good cocktails.

Every country you go to has a place like this. They are all stunning in their own way, they typically have gruesome stories associated with them and they typically take […]

Decent coffee, better people watching.

This, unfortunately, was a dud. Two reasons…large crowd and work that did very little for me. Yes, Van Gogh’s work is influential and there are Lego versions of it but […]

Can’t say that this was the best coffee that we had but it was good and an interesting space.

The Netherlands is known for Delftware aka Delft Blue, tin-glazed earthenware. This shop happened to be right next to our hotel and happened to have some wonderful examples. We now […]