Wandering Works for Us Podcast

Date: 29 November 2024

Title: Our First trip to Amsterdam–what we did!

Summary of Episode

 Amsterdam is a city we must always return to because well, there is never enough time to see it all!

We spent 7 full days exploring the city and the surrounding area and had an amazing time. Museums, restaurants, and things to do are featured in our podcast!

Our full itinerary can be viewed on our blog post and we will also make some notes below and places we mention.

Key Topics

[2:30] Beth starts to tell us what she loves most–which there is a lot of food 

[3:30] Rijksmuseum 

[5:20] Van Gogh Museum

[6:35]  Anne Frank House

[10:55] Getting around  Amsterdam   –and there is a metro line (we just never used it).

[13:55] Dutch Food: pancakes, poffertjes, drop, stroopwafles. We went to Hans Egstorf, the oldest bakery in Amsterdam! But they are just as good off a truck somewhere. Stampots are awesome. Bistro Amsterdam is the restaurant we mentioned.

[23:07] Cheese shop: De Kaaskamer

[24:00] Genever tasting: A. van Wees Tasting Locality, Mango the bar cat…Beth loves that cats get to come inside. There is such a variety of food –not just Dutch.  

[27:43] Types of Cafes–don’t get them confused 🙂Get your space brownies at Tweede Kamer.

[30:55] Take a canal tour  

[30:52] Best time to go to Amsterdam–when it’s less crowded 

[35:51] Utrecht and DomUnder 

[39:10] Haarlem: St. Bavo’s Organ, Jopenkirk Brewery, Shopping district

For more information or a look at the Google Maps , check out the Blog post.

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