This will be my last post while on this journey. We begin our flight home tomorrow, Sunday, morning.

We arrived in Amsterdam early enough yesterday, Friday, to have much of the day to explore the city under fair weather, which is good because they are calling for rain today, Saturday.

The city is crowded with a high proportion of young weekend visitors. The trains bring in groves from all over Europe…but then this is Amsterdam — certainly a city with laws and outlooks that appeal to the curious, both young and old.

Bicycles — I’ve never seen this many in one place — 600,000 (est) in a city of 760,000. You have to quickly adjust to watching for bicycle traffic as much as car traffic.

More to tell/share and reflect upon later.

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Mark
13 years ago

Seems I am going to be flying through Amsterdam on a work trip mid-November. I doubt I will see much outside the airport though. Looks like an interesting town to explore, but I have heard THOSE stories. :-)

Monte Stevens
13 years ago

Enjoy your last few hours and have a age flight home. Looking forward to more images and reports.

Chris Klug
13 years ago

This looks like a wonderful trip, love your images from it. Hope to see more when you get back!

Markus Spring
13 years ago

You excellently managed to summarize Amsterdam in one image – perfect down to the brown of the dirty channel water.

TurboFire
13 years ago

Charming photo. I like the slender storefront buildings. They look like they’re only 20 feet wide. I spent a little time in Taiwan years ago and was amazed and worried at the number of bikes that seemed to be just inches away from our speeding taxi. Hebben een goede reis.

Ken Bello
13 years ago

I’ve never been to Amsterdam, but folks I know say it is a modern city steeped in history and interesting politically and culturally. Great shot.

Paul
13 years ago

It took me a while to reply, but I’ll just bet that was quite a site to see. I’ve heard the stories as well and, quite frankly, it never appealed to me; however, you brought back some lovely images!

Martina Egli
13 years ago

Amsterdam must be an exciting city to visit, I hope you’ve had a lovely time. I like how you incorporated all those bicycles in you image!