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Here are some links for trips outside of Italy - Amsterdam,
Netherlands - Part 2: Travelers and Visitors. This blog entry is a continuation from Part 1:
PERSONAL COMMENT ABOUT THIS BLOG ENTRY
I am an individual who has Parkinson's Disease, I use a walker and a wheel chair to get around. I will be traveling to Amsterdam in December, 2015 with my wife, Martha AKA Missy. For the trip to Amsterdam, I will have my wheel chair and a mobility scooter that I will be renting while I am in this city.
I will be updating this blog entry regularly with the information that I found on the web and with personal comments / observations about some of the web sites mentioned below and on my own experiences that I find as I explore this city. These personal comments will be identified as "PC" and will be marked in "red".
I challenge the readers of this blog entry to make it better by adding their comments as a handicapped / disabled individual about their respective visits to Amsterdam or on their living experiences about this city. I wish to thank all those individuals in advance for your assistance, comments and cooperation in this matter.
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INFORMATION: AMSTERDAM
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- Amsterdam.eventful.com – "About" – Source: web site – "Things To Do in Amsterdam, Netherlands"
- Amsterdam.info – "Amsterdam is one of the greatest small cities in the world. From Amsterdam canals to world-famous Amsterdam museums and historical Amsterdam sights, it is one of the most romantic and beautiful cities in Europe. Canal cruises are a popular way to see the city from the perspective of its canals. " – "" – Source: web site – "Amsterdam » Tourist information, travel guide"
- AmsterdamTiPS.com – "City Guide for Visitors & Expats" – "About"" – Source: web site – "insider guide for visitors & expats"
- AmsterdamTourist.info – "About Us" – Source: web site – "The Ultimate Amsterdam Travel Guide made by locals…"
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I amsterdam – ""
– Source: web site – "Your guide to visit, enjoy, live, work & invest in Amsterdam."
– In Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- visitacity Amsterdam – "Discover Amsterdam with one of these popular guides" – "About Us" – Source: visitacity– "what's your destination? "– "Create Your Own Travel Guide"
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BLOGS / BLOG ENTRIES
- AMSTERDAM CITY / EXPAT / FOOD BLOGS
- INDIVIDUAL BLOGS
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EVENTS IN AMSTERDAM
SEPTEMBER
Autumn 2015 Events in Amsterdam –
"September, October, November" – "Autumn is the time when Amsterdam habitants return after summer holidays with a new energy, usually the period of multiple cultural events and festivals. . ."
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About" – Source:
Amsterdam.info – "Amsterdam » Tourist information, travel guide"
– In multiple languages
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OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
December in Amsterdam – Events & Festivals – "December in Amsterdam: short days (sunset falls at 4.30pm), snowy canals, winter holiday markets and ice skating rinks. If you do not mind the cold days, then December might be a good time to visit Amsterdam because of the low hotel rates and flight tickets! Find out what’s on in Amsterdam during December, with our guide to the best events and major annual festivals. Please visit our What’s on in Amsterdam Event Calendar – December in Amsterdam for smaller events and club nights." –
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AmsterdamTourist.info – "The Ultimate Amsterdam Travel Guide made by locals…"
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FOODS / WHAT'S TO EAT IN AMSTERDAM
- AMSTERDAM FOOD TRUCKS
- Amsterdam’s 6 best food trucks (and the food truck events to find them at) – "Food trucks are finally becoming a thing in Amsterdam (which is just one thing to explain to visitors) though the cramped city doesn’t know what to do with them outside festivals and markets. The solution? Create more festivals and markets. Here are six rolling vendors you should track down around town, and three awesome events where you can find them." – By Elysia Brenner – "About" – Source: Found in the AMSTERDAM Edition on THRILLIST – "CITIES | FOOD & DRINK | TRAVEL | RECIPES | VIDEO | SHOP"
- 50 Things to Eat in Amsterdam Before You Die – "There used to be a good reason that Amsterdam wasn’t known as a foodie city, but these days great restaurants open faster than you can get the check at the last one (nobody said it was a fast-foodie city). So let’s take a moment to tip our hats to the eateries -- decades old or spankin’ new -- that are raising Amsterdam’s culinary bar one dish at a time. These are the top 50 picks for your plate that you’ve got to chomp down on before you bite it." – By Elysia Brenner
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- FEBO
FEBO – "de lekkerste..!
the best ..!" – Source: web site – "Welcome at FEBO the tastiest..!" – In Dutch, English
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FEBO – "is a chain of Dutch walk-up fast food restaurants of the automatiek type. Founded in 1941 in Amsterdam, FEBO is most notable for this automatic format: a counter is available for purchasing French fries, beverages, and hamburgers. Other FEBO snacks can be bought from the automats. The primary automat-vended items are
krokets,
frikandellen,
hamburgers,
Kaassoufflés and similar items." – "
About" – Source:
Wikipedia – "The Free Encyclopedia" – In multiple languages
- FOODS
- T22 Things Everyone Needs To Eat In Amsterdam – "In case you get the munchies." – posted on Jan. 15, 2015, at 12:28 p.m. – Maggy van Eijk, BuzzFeed Staff, UK – "About" – Source: BuzzFeed [UK Edition]– "News | Buzz | Life | Quizzes | Videos | More "
- Amsterdam Local Food and Travel Guide – "" – "About" – Source: EAT YOUR WORLD – "guides travelers to the best quintessential eats around the world, in 130+ cities."
- `Appeltaart – "EYW PICK" – "What: Whoever coined the phrase “as American as apple pie” surely hadn’t been to the Netherlands. Dutch apple pie, appeltaart (or appelgebak), has been a quintessential sweet in the country’s cuisine for centuries, and countless cafes, restaurants, and bakeries in modern-day Amsterdam reflect this. A common accompaniment to koffie (coffee), and often served met slagroom(with whipped cream), appeltaart differs from American apple pie in a number of ways: It’s baked in a spring-form pan, making it instantly deeper; it’s much drier inside, not at all syrupy; it’s really chock-full of big, firm hunks of apple (and often raisins or currants); and it tends to rely on sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon, rum or brandy, and other warm spices for flavor. Find a good appeltaart in Amsterdam, and you’ll be hard-pressed to eat anything else for breakfast there, ever."
- Broodje pom – "What: We love traditional Dutch broodjes (sandwiches)—your kaas (cheese), roast beef, kroketten, eel, ossenworst, etc.—but this Suriname-inspired take is a tastebud-awakening change of pace. Chicken and baked malanga (a tropical, starchy, taro-like root vegetable) are mashed into a typically delicious Dutch bread roll with zuur, a tangy-spicy pickled cabbage-onion relish, and peper, a hot pepper sauce. It’s creamy, it’s meaty, it’s tart and spicy—it’s completely unexpected on the Dutch culinary landscape. In a word: delicious."
- Gehaktbal – "EYW PICK" – "What: Ah, the humble Dutch meatball. Or, not so humble, as Dutch gehaktballen (plural) are generally much larger than the more famous meatballs of Sweden, or even those associated with Italian (and Italian-American) cooking. Meatballs are important here: Used to be that every Wednesday was “gehaktdag,” or minced-meat day, an invention by butchers who used to slaughter animals on Monday and discount the leftover (minced) meat by Wednesday. As in other cultures, it was food for the commoners. Nowadays, we’d gladly take this ultimate Dutch comfort food over an overpriced tourist meal any day of the week. What’s not to love about a big fat homemade ball of juicy beef?"
- Kibbeling, lekkerbek – "What: Both kibbeling and lekkerbek refer to battered, fried white fish, traditionally cod or whiting from the North Sea—the difference is that kibbeling is cut into chunks before serving, while lekkerbek is not. (The batter, it should be noted, tends to be a bit more delicate than that used in the British manner of fish and chips.) Kibbeling is also served with dipping sauces, usually a mayonnaise-based remoulade (like tartar sauce) or a garlic sauce. We prefer the bite-size kibbeling for that reason, and for its convenient portability, reflecting the dish’s slip into “fast food” territory. Still, when it’s hot and fresh, it’s absolutely delicious, and it’s a wonderful alternative at the city’s many haringhuis (herring stands) and vishandels (fish shops) for those who insist they don’t like herring."
- Kroket – "What: The Netherlands is among that select group of nations with a thing for the breaded, deep-fried, creamy balls we call croquettes (thanks to the French). Of course, not all croquettes are created equal. The Dutch kroket is typically cylindrical in shape, filled with a meat ragout (most commonly using beef, beef broth, flour, butter or margarine, onions, herbs) and epitomizing textural contrast: very crispy and crunchy on the outside, super soft and smooth inside, with chunks or strands of meat. In Amsterdam, kroketten have long been an economical way of using leftover meat stews and roasts—mixed with gravy, rolled into logs, breaded, and fried—but the snack really took off during WWII, when they became mass-produced as a cheap foodstuff. Since then the kroket has been regarded mostly as a fast-food delicacy, a common item at the vending-machine-style automats around town, where a popular game is wondering what the heck they’re really made of. We say: Don’t overthink it. It’s delicious served the Dutch way, with mustard and (optional) white bread."
- Local craft beer – "EYW PICK" – "What: It may be overshadowed by its two famous beer-producing neighbors—Belgium and Germany—but don’t underestimate Dutch brewing: There’s some terrific beer in this country, and Amsterdam is an ideal place to sample some of the best. To clarify, since we’re no longer living in the 19th century, when both of these brewers were small and local, we are not talking about Amstel and Heineken here (see below). We’re talking about the city’s small but strong stable of craft brewers—notably the windmill-situated Brouwerij ’t IJ and the Red Light District’s de Prael, as well as others and a few brewpubs—and excellent beer bars and stores, where easy access is offered to a host of small Dutch brewers just beyond Amsterdam’s borders. Get schooled on Dutch beer and you’ll soon be asking, “Coffee shop who?”
- Local jenever – "What: Don’t think of it as “Dutch gin”—that’s an all-too-common misconception. Jenever, also spelled genever (pronounced “juh-nay-ver”), did, a century later, spawn the development of English gin as we know it, but it’s a completely unique alcoholic beverage, distilled in a different manner and—despite both spirits being infused with juniper berries—having a different flavor profile (most jenever does not pair well with tonic, for instance). It dates to the 17th century, when a Dutch physician is said to have added juniper to distilled grain spirits for medicinal purposes, calling it genièvre (French for “juniper”; jenever is the Dutch word). Not surprisingly, it wasn’t long before the concoction caught on for non-medicinal use, eventually gaining popularity around Europe and the U.S. until it was overtaken by English-style gin."
- Modern seasonal Dutch – "EYW PICK" – "What: Restaurants that combine modern, refined preparations with seasonal (and often locally sourced) Dutch ingredients have, fortunately, caught on in the Netherlands’ capital, adding wonderful variety to the more traditional Dutch eateries and markets we highlight on these pages."
- Patat, Vlaamse frites – "What: Like its neighbor Belgium, the Netherlands has an affinity for fried potato sticks, a.k.a. fries, chips, frites. Here they’re called patat, or Vlaamse frites (“Flemish fries,” referencing their northern Belgium origins). Crunchy and thick-cut, these patat are a very popular street food in Amsterdam, peddled by small storefront counters, street stands, and fast-food-type joints galore. They’re usually served in paper cones, always with a generous dollop of sauce—mayonnaise-y fritessaus is the standard, but others are offered too, including the deadly Dutch combo known as oorlog (“war”), a mix of mayo, peanut satay sauce, and raw onions. The supposed battle in your mouth that ensues? That’s a war we’ll stand behind."
- Poffertjes – "EYW PICK" – "What: Even better than the large Dutch pannenkoeken are these fluffy mini pancakes, served with a mess of powdered sugar and butter. To make them, batter—typically including yeast and buckwheat flour—is poured over a hot cast-iron pan with shallow half-spherical molds, à la Japan’s takoyaki, and then each little pancake is flipped. You’ll see them in some restaurants, but the best poffertjes are made fresh on the street at markets, during festivals/fairs, and in the city’s squares."
- Rijsttafel – "What: Dutch for “rice table,” rijsttafel (“ryst-tah-fell”) is a by-product of Dutch colonialism in Indonesia, which, if we count the days of the Dutch East India Company, stretched for more than three centuries, formally concluding in 1949. When the Dutch returned home, they brought with them an undying affection for satay (spicy peanut) sauce; a handful of Indonesian stir-fry standards; and this practice of serving many small Indonesian dishes, revolving around rice, at once to best show off the archipelago’s flavorful cuisine (it’s likely the Dutch were inspired by a similar Sumatran manner of feasting, called nasi padang). Modern-day rijsttafel is the same exact idea: Cram every inch of your table with anywhere from eight to 40 small plates—a variety of meats, vegetables, and condiments, like sambals and pickled dishes—and eat them with steamed white rice. It’s a tradition that is relatively unique to the Netherlands today, where it’s considered nearly as indigenous as stamppot, and it adds some much-appreciated exotic spiciness to Amsterdam’s culinary scene. If you crave a change from those hearty Dutch classics you’ve been filling up on, rijsttafel is your answer. Just show up hungry."
THINGS TO DO
VIDEOS
- Amsterdam Videos – "Amsterdam, Netherlands" – "About Us" – Source: Tripfilms – "Travel videos to get you going." – "20,000 videos to inspire your next travel adventure."
- Source: YouTubeIT – "Language: English | Country: Italy"
- Amsterdam – "Filled with history and happy-go-lucky, Amsterdam is a delight to
explore. This uniquely entertaining city shows us Rembrandts and Van
Goghs, more bikes than cars, flirting prostitutes, and pot-filled
coffeeshops — all under tall, skinny facades leaning out below quaint
church towers. At http://www.ricksteves.com,
you'll find money-saving travel tips, small-group tours, guidebooks, TV
shows, radio programs, podcasts, and more on this destination." – Published on Jun 1, 2015 – by Rick Steves Europe
- Amsterdam 2015 – "My brothers European trip continues in Amsterdam. The video includes..." – Recorded April 29, 2015 - May 2, 2016 – Published on May 26, 2015 – by Hoosier Tim's Travel Videos
- Amsterdam 2015, 50 travel points, things to see in Amsterdam – "Where to go in Amsterdam?, Netherlands travel guide from Amsterdam
schiphol airport arrivals. Information of map, history, museums, palace
,parks, theatre, metro, hotels, architecture, port, gallery, bus,
zoo...., things to see in Amsterdam, do your points." – Published on Nov 30, 2014, Amsterdam 2015, –by TB
- AMSTERDAM SHOPPING- 4 Girls on the Loose! – "Follow Hannah, Steph Z., Emilie & Rosanne as they shop until they
drop through the chic & hip 9 Streets and Utrechtsestraat
neighborhoods, which are chocked full of vintage, funky & upscale
clothing & furniture shops, boutiques and restaurants. Best kept
secret: Young Designers United where young design students sell their
latest creations at affordable prices. Don't miss it! And please
subscribe for more weekly videos." – Published on Mar 17, 2014 – by Amsterdam Calling
- The ultimate Amsterdam travel guide for 2015 – "The best travel guide on Amsterdam on youtube!" – "Filmed, edited and produced by biskeybee for Original crunch productions" – Published on Jun 29, 2015 – biskeybee
- Welcome To Amsterdam – "Everything you need to know when you have your dream holiday and visit the capital of the Netherlands. Get shown around in Amsterdam and get informed about trips, shopping, restaurants, hotels, museums, nightlife and a lot more ideas on what to visit in the City of Canals. Everyone should visit Amsterdam on their vacation in Europe." – Published on Oct 24, 2014 – by CityFilmTV
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