btw, all pictures were taken with an Iphone 7+ i brought a little point and shoot with me but never used it. And i'm done lugging a DSLR around on a trip like this. I'm super happy with the pictures for the most part and it makes it so much easier.
Last but not least Amsterdam, I didnt know what to expect with amsterdam and it takes a couple days to feel it out, but it's super cool, we loved it. Of all the places we went i think we could probably live in Amsterdam the easiest.
Just an overall cool vibe and pace, it's touristy but kinda not, The food in Amsterdam is probably the most diverse of any of our locations. Honestly the food suck in Europe for the most part coming from somewhere like Vancouver. There's just no diversity, especially in the central/eastern parts. Here in Vancouver i could walk out my door and go to 10-15 completely different types of food and all of them good, quality, restaurants. In Europe even though it can be good quality, i find i never get that feeling of eating super fresh food as i do here. Also Salads and greens are always a bit tricky and hard to come by lol.
Amsterdam as a whole from the exterior may have a perception of like a dirty, dingy, city cause of it's liberal views on things and the RLD etc. but it's very clean and cool for how busy it is.
The weed scene is honestly a joke there and it's more like a novelty for tourists than anything. The major "cafes" you see in the touristy areas are gross and are filled with British Brochacos etc. I found a little boutique one on the outside of the old town and even it was super meh, compared to Vancouver it felt a few steps down.
The Red light district was actually pretty cool, we went around 1130 on saturday night after the champions league final and it was PACKED it was crazy like Granville at it's busiest night but trapped on one side with the canal lol. Chicks in the windows were hit and miss and the "blue lights" in the windows signified Tranny's, the one tranny had the biggest tits i would see there lol
But yea turned out amazing, if anyone has any questions etc feel free to message me, i also have the custom google maps ive highlighted a bunch of different things and places i can share if you use the app