Word: amsterdam
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...great run,” Lee says. “I stay at the Pierre in New York because you can go right into the park, I stay at the Willard in D.C. because you can go to the mall, and I had this hotel in Amsterdam called the Amstel because I can go out and hit the canals...
With some “Harold and Kumar”-type fantasy and a vague desire to find out what stroopwafels were, I booked a last-minute ticket to Amsterdam for spring break. The phone call home telling my parents about this decision was, unshockingly, a bit of a downer...
...sure how it even happened. A few trips to Expedia, a couple are-we-actually-doing-this moments, and then I was on a plane to Amsterdam with a bad head cold and the threat of a British Airways strike boding poorly for my return to the US. Unlike my blockmates, I did absolutely no research before leaving. What was the national language? Or food? Or rapist population? I had no idea. Was I staying in a crack den? The price tag certainly seemed to indicate it. I told my mom we’d be going to cultural sites...
Fortunately for me, Amsterdam was pleasantly manageable. Van Gogh and the Rijksmuseum, check. Requisite picture near the “I Amsterdam” sign, check. Overeating like the country of overeaters we were proud to represent, check. One might say it was our patriotic duty...
Francesco Lojacono, Amsterdam Simon Robinson's view of Europe is very depressing, because of its lucid accuracy. In these modern times it is hard to see Europe as a united global power. It was not always like that. There were times when Europe was united (the Roman Empire), powerful (colonial expansion) and wise (the Renaissance). What happened? (Read: "Why France is Selling Warships to Russia...