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- From: gaillard@panix.com (Ed Gaillard)
- Subject: Re: Looking for people familiar with Amstredam
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.031829.1791@panix.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 03:18:29 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.202959.2350@samba.oit.unc.edu> <1992Dec22.152736.1@vaxa.strath.ac.uk> <BETSYS.92Dec24184544@ra.cs.umb.edu>
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- betsys@cs.umb.edu (Elizabeth Schwartz) writes:
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- >I spent four days in Amsterdam this summer and every single person I
- >met spoke English. I think it is a required course in their secondary
- >schools. Certainly everyone you will meet as a tourist will speak
- >English.
- > Amsterdam is a beautiful city. The red light district is sleazy and
- >full of drug-users, but move away from it and the city has beautiful
- >buildings and canals, more canals than Venice. If you are only there
- >for a few hours, take one of the canal boat tours that loops around
- >the city. There *is* a lot of traffic, so I wouldn't plan to overdo it
- >if you have only a few hours.
-
- I second the boat-ride suggestion; the tours are about one hour.
- Otherwise, the streetcars are a very efficient way to get around, and
- just about everything is within a mile of Dam Square. If you want a
- guidebook, I recommend _The Real Guide to Amsterdam_.
-
- -ed g.
- <gaillard@panix.com>
- You can't roller-skate in a buffalo herd
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