Amsterdam

Zaanse Schans is a small village where the Dutch landscape remains more or less the same as it was hundreds of years ago. Windmills, traditional clogs, chocolate, and plenty of wind. Exactly.

One thing about Amsterdam never ceased to amaze me, even though I knew the reasons and had read about it and had been told it dozens of times, but this fact that the houses weren’t straight ahead won me over, every time. Pure fascination.

Last August we visited the Netherlands. We based ourselves in Amsterdam and visited a few places and cities around there. I won’t write a review; it would be impossible to convey its beauty, its costs, its uniqueness, and its immersiveness. It was intense. That’s enough.

I’m about to leave for the Netherlands. I’ll spend a few days there with my family. It was a coincidence: Amsterdam wasn’t on my bucket list, but I’m very happy to be going.