Author: thelittlebigexplorers
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Amsterdam: the flower market
We were very excited to visit the Amsterdam flower market, having read about how it is the only floating flower market in the world – and with the Dutch tradition of tulips I was sure that there would be some interesting things to see. It is located on the Singel canal between the Koningsplein and the Muntplein…
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The houseboat museum
A short walk from the Anne Frank Huis on Princengracht floats the Amsterdam house boat museum. The museum aims to show people what it is like to live on a traditional house boat as well as the history of house boats in Amsterdam. Something that strikes you when walking around the city is the amount…
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Amsterdam street food: Herring
Walking near Amsterdam central station we noticed a couple of street food vans by the canal. They were selling Herring, lightly salted and kept in brine, but essentially raw which has apparently been a Dutch tradition for over 600 years. I have to admit I was a little apprehensive to try this at first, but remembering how…
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fast food, Dutch style: FEBO
Something that I had been looking forward to experiencing in Amsterdam, after procrastinating at work and looking at endless lists of things to do, was some Dutch fast food. After seeing lots of pictures of chips and herring I saw a Febo pop up, a picture showed a wall of old fashioned looking vending machines filled…
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seeing XXX everywhere we went…
Seeing XXX everywhere in Amsterdam After walking around Amsterdam for a couple of hours I couldn’t stop noticing three x’s almost everywhere we went – on flags on almost every boat that passed us, bollards in the streets, carved on buildings and on some giant flags. I am a big fan of flags – so…
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little gems; the Amsterdam tulip museum
Visiting Amsterdam’s Tulip Museum Across the canal from the Anne Frank Huis on Prinsengracht, there is a small nicely decorated shop front filled with flowers – this is the Amsterdam Tulip Museum. At first glance it simply looks like a large flower shop as apart from the sign outside there isn’t much evidence of a museum. The ground…
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feathers – my first tattoo
Feathers McGraw, My First Tattoo It’s been at least ten years since I first thought that I would like to get a tattoo. That time was spent mainly resisting the urge to get the first thing that popped into my head and trying to work out something ‘meaningful’ to put on my body. Something I…
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