Deep Floyd Mars

a.spencer3 wrote in message
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    > > My overall experience was great but then I didn't expect Amsterdam to
    > > be like here at home in the USA, can't wait to go back!!
    > Agreed, great place, as long as you don't expect it to be 'Dutch'!
    > Surreyman

Come on, you can buy wooden clogs all over the place!
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DFM

Barbara Vaughan

"P. de Groot" wrote:
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    > [email protected] wrote:
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    > >As for dutch cuisine ..... now there's a disappointment )
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    > No, not really.
    > That is mainly because we don´t HAVE a Dutch cuisine.
    > Well...Dutch cuisine is a piece of polder on a platter.
    >
    > But on the bright side: you can build your own dikes if you like.
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    > There are a few typically Dutch dishes.
    > "Erwtensoep" which is concrete pea-soup with bits of sausage in it.
    > "Kroket", a stick of fried erm...bits, in crumbs.
    > There are a few more but thinking about them means I get these terrible
    > headaches and an uncontrolable urge to go eat at McDonalds.

How about raw new herrings (sorry, I can remember how it's spelled in
Dutch) in a hot-dog bun with chopped onions. I would almost pay someone
to send me some by overnight freight.

Barbara

A.Spencer3

Miguel Cruz wrote in message
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    > > Centrum?
The whole darned place between Centraal & the Palace?

Surreyman

A.Spencer3

Barbara Vaughan wrote in message
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    > >
    > How about raw new herrings (sorry, I can remember how it's spelled in
    > Dutch) in a hot-dog bun with chopped onions. I would almost pay someone
    > to send me some by overnight freight.
Haaring? But *alone*, no way in a bun!!!!
Paaling
Satee

I'll share the freight cost with you!!

Surreyman

Barbara Vaughan

"a.spencer3" wrote:
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    > Barbara Vaughan wrote in message
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    > >
    > >
    > > >
    > > How about raw new herrings (sorry, I can remember how it's spelled in
    > > Dutch) in a hot-dog bun with chopped onions. I would almost pay someone
    > > to send me some by overnight freight.
    > >
    > Haaring? But *alone*, no way in a bun!!!!

But alone there's nothing to hold the onions.

Barbara

P. De Groot

In article , "Deep Floyd Mars"
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    >> There are a few typically Dutch dishes.
    >> "Erwtensoep" which is concrete pea-soup with bits of sausage in it.
    >OK, I give up. How do you pronounce 'Erwtensoep'???

Generally, you don´t.
You look at it, you eat it, you love it or you go blind.
You never pronounce it.

Oh well, ...allright then: air-t-un-soup.
But don´t tell anyone you got that from me.

Jean Moulin

dajaxon wrote:
    > hmmmmm - spoke with several folks who traveled to AMS back in the early 90's
    > who loved Amsterdam - but failed to talk to anyone with recent experience.
    >
    > What a dissappointment!
    >
    > the canals really stink like sewage.

maybe decades ago... they're actually "flushed" regularly via the
currents in the river amstel.

    > i was warned to not be downtown after dark because of high crime.

fairly low crime rate in amsterdam, most "downtown" areas safe long
after dark.

    > everything seems to close up at 5-6PM.

regular shops close 6pmish... cafes, bars, restaurants, clubs open LATE.

    > everyone seemd to reek of smoke - and even though smoking was prohibited on
    > trains - haha

trains have smoking cars/areas.


--
"But to live outside the law, you must be honest"
Bob Dylan - Absolutely Sweet Marie - 1966

Jean Moulin

damrak

I must say I've never spent as much as a penny on damrak.

to me it's a street to ride down without stopping.

a.spencer3 wrote:
    > Miguel Cruz wrote in message
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    >>>Centrum?
    > The whole darned place between Centraal & the Palace?
    >
    > Surreyman
    >
    >


--
"But to live outside the law, you must be honest"
Bob Dylan - Absolutely Sweet Marie - 1966

Markfromsf

"a.spencer3" wrote in message news:...
    > Miguel Cruz wrote in message
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    > > > Centrum?
    > >
    > The whole darned place between Centraal & the Palace?
    >
    > Surreyman


Is this an answer or a question?

I've never heard of that area referred to as "Downtown" I assumed
the original poster might have been referring to the Zeedjik area
(some oblique reference made to the fear of crime) ....that
neighborhood has a few restaurants, some bars, a hotel or 2, and of
course that vacuum cleaner repair place.

Paul Tauger

PLEASE watch your attributions. I didn't write anything that you've quoted below.


[email protected] (Jeff A. Finger) wrote in message news:...
    > In article , "Paul Tauger" wrote:
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    > >"dajaxon" wrote in message
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    > >> hmmmmm - spoke with several folks who traveled to AMS back in the early
    > 90's
    > >> who loved Amsterdam - but failed to talk to anyone with recent experience.
    > >>
    > >> What a dissappointment!
    > >>
    > Wife and I were in Amsterdam in October. Canals were clean and no smell at
    > all. Spent a couple nights downtown until very late and never felt
    > uncomfortable. Lots of clubs open. One of our favorite cities. Plan to go
    > back and spend more time there.
    >
    > Jeff