Amsterdam has a reputation

For a variety of things. If you don't know what they are, then bully
for you.

Amsterdam is also a beautiful city. There are museums, pretty walks,
and tours on the water.

We stayed about 200m away from here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam_Square

And used the tramways to get around town. The Amsterdam Centraal
Station is under total renovation, and so there is construction and
building all around.

You'll see a bunch of this in our pictures. It has rained a bit, and
so many of our pictures have clouds in them.

Our room was the worst one in a 4 star hotel. It seemed to be bolted
on to the side of the main hotel. It was like staying on a boat, with
a smaller room, up some stairs, with exposed beams and low ceilings.
(so it was like staying in a 3 star room) ((course, the star system
over here is inflated, and a 4 star here is like a 3 star in the
states.))

More soon.