Touristy Things

Twitch · Post by **Twitch** » Wed 18th Mar 2009 08:11 pm

Would like to go to:
Van Gogh exhibit
Escher museum
Kochenhof (sp) Gardens
any other ideas

Boner · Post by **Boner** » Wed 18th Mar 2009 08:17 pm

Anne Franks
Tropenmuseum
Botanical Gardens
Artis Zoo (keep promising myself I'll go but I never do)

Nice link to the museums: http://www.amsterdam.info/museums/

TwoCanucks · Post by **TwoCanucks** » Wed 18th Mar 2009 08:22 pm

we also have the following on our list:

haarlem
the hague
albert market
heinekin brewery (plus other ones we can find)
redlight district for a sex show or threesome (kidding)
1 day smoke crawl 8am-whenever
anne frank house

TwoCanucks · Post by **TwoCanucks** » Wed 18th Mar 2009 08:24 pm

Boner wrote: Artis Zoo (keep promising myself I'll go but I never do)

just added this to our itinerary.

i only hope that i'm not completely sidetracked my smoking weed 24/7...although that wouldn't be a total loss... it's still nice to be able to get some pictures and absorb a little culture (you're already there so whynot?).

TC

geoffk · Post by **geoffk** » Wed 18th Mar 2009 08:26 pm

+Hortus
-Heineken

Rusty Shackleford · Post by **Rusty Shackleford** » Wed 18th Mar 2009 08:28 pm

People watching is good crack annol

Boner · Post by **Boner** » Wed 18th Mar 2009 08:31 pm

I like the Heineken Experiance, haven't been back since they refurbed.

I'm a fan of Delft and the Delft museum and if you're looking for a nice town to visit then Utrecht jumps to near the top of the list even if it's just to seewalk along the sunken canals, plus they have some nice coffeeshops like Wietstok who have a Bulldog as a house dog.

Not my pics btw, just random ones took from Google images.

Twitch · Post by **Twitch** » Wed 18th Mar 2009 08:41 pm

Am actually looking for people interested in doing some of these thing in April, not just suggestions for trips.

Kermit · Post by **Kermit** » Wed 18th Mar 2009 09:05 pm

Boner wrote: Artis Zoo (keep promising myself I'll go but I never do)

I always pay one visit a year with my boy to the Zoo and although not a favourite with Animal rights activists we love it. They are always making improvements and it is getting better (For the animals). I have the best part of 500+ pics from this place.
Good place to visit (IMO) and i managed to have a couple of reefers whilst going round (AWAY FROM THE KIDS).

Clayman · Post by **Clayman** » Wed 18th Mar 2009 10:33 pm

i heard the heinekin experience was pretty lame when my brother went in 06.
one warning if you wanna do it anyways, brewerys smell like shit. beer smells damned good, but only once its finished beer. otherwise it smells like burning grain and fermenting yeast, and so will you until you change (shower if you got some dreads or long hair)

Boner · Post by **Boner** » Wed 18th Mar 2009 10:41 pm

I've been to the Heineken Experiance 3 times and I can honestly say it doesn't smell like shit in there, I dont think it's an actual working brewery.

geoffk · Post by **geoffk** » Wed 18th Mar 2009 10:51 pm

It's not a working brewery. I went in 2000 and it cost me about $5, then I got 45min to drink bier outta a shot glass. Now it's more and they limit yer bier.

drayman86 · Post by **drayman86** » Wed 18th Mar 2009 10:51 pm

Clayman wrote:i heard the heinekin experience was pretty lame when my brother went in 06.
one warning if you wanna do it anyways, brewerys smell like shit. beer smells damned good, but only once its finished beer. otherwise it smells like burning grain and fermenting yeast, and so will you until you change (shower if you got some dreads or long hair)

For shame! 20 lashes with a wet noodle!

I brew beer, and few things smell better than a working mash or a roiling boil of wort.

chilly1952 · Post by **chilly1952** » Thu 19th Mar 2009 07:26 am

Drayman86,

I'm also a home brewer from Michigan. I love the smell but the wife hates it.

I've been to the Heinekin Experience since it's been renovated. It is not a working brewery. All for show. They have a Disney type ride where you are beer going through the brewing process that is kind of cool. It's not worth the 15E ticket prices. Save it and buy an extra gram or two.

TwoCanucks · Post by **TwoCanucks** » Thu 19th Mar 2009 01:37 pm

chilly1952 wrote:Drayman86,

I'm also a home brewer from Michigan. I love the smell but the wife hates it.

My father-in-law and I are the only two that seem to enjoy the smell of our farts.

TC