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weekend warriors: one weekend in amsterdam
Ahhh, Amsterdam. Is there anything better than picturesque canals lined with cherry blossoms...
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beer pressure
I’d like to take a moment and pat myself on the back: I’ve come a long way from my Smirnoff Ice-drinking ways of freshman year of college (oooh doesn’t that just make you want to gag?). Though this may be hard to believe, when we planned our October getaway, hubs and I didn’t set out to have such a beer-centric European itinerary. It just happened, we swear it. When we arrived in Amsterdam, we had no choice but to visit the World of Heineken: From there, things spiraled quickly out of control. Seriously, check out what happened in Bruges: After…
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city break: amsterdam // hits & misses
We accidentally planned poorly for this trip, but it didn’t take away from our excitement. We psyched ourselves up for a laid back 10 days of city exploration. but somehow, we still ended up having a pretty busy city break: Amsterdam edition. Even so, in spite of ourselves and some moody weather upon arrival, we still fell in love with the city. By the end, we left with a laundry list of things we’d fully recommend you see on your own visit. HITS The Hotel Pulitzer // Situated right along a canal and next to the Nine Streets, the surrounding…
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two days in amsterdam
I know this will come as a surprise, but we really didn’t take much into consideration before deciding our fall trip this year. It was a quick chat before we settled on on two days in Amsterdam, plus Bruges, Brussels, and London. Eastern Europe was at the top of our list, but we knew we wouldn’t have enough time to plan that trip the way we wanted to…. and our foresight couldn’t have been more correct. Lazy or not, we needed straightforward stops requiring little advanced planning. We were lucky to find that for each stop, this was definitely the…
