{"id":645,"date":"2018-09-26T17:47:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T00:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tosti-lane.com\/dtlblog1\/?page_id=645"},"modified":"2023-08-26T16:20:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T23:20:39","slug":"2018-amsterdam-trip","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tosti-lane.com\/dtlblog1\/2018-amsterdam-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Amsterdam Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’ll try to update this page with images and notes, depending on time, mood, and the state of the internet connection we will have in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, you can see the apartment we’ll be staying at here on their web page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art Apartment Amsterdam<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We fly out on Friday, September 28 at 9:30am, and should arrive in Amsterdam at about 8:30am on Saturday, the 29th. More as things develop! We’ll put links here to each page as we get to them, with the first two days being presented here on this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Links to additional Amsterdam Vacation pages:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 30, 2018, day 2 of our trip<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 1, 2018, day 3 of our trip<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 2, 2018, day 4 of our trip<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 4, 2018, day 6 of our trip<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 5, 2018, Day 7 of our trip<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4:34 pm Seattle time, 01:34 Amsterdam time, Friday, September 28, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No pics yet, but we\u2019re in the air on the way to Amsterdam. The experiment of trying Delta \u201cComfort Plus\u201d instead of business class is not a huge success. Plenty of legroom in our bulkhead seats, but they are standard width = narrow – and food and wine is much less delightful than business class – not awful, but seats don\u2019t recline much further than steerage class, and the 3 inch loss on width  is worse than I\u2019d hoped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, we got used to being allowed 70 # weight limit on bags – it\u2019s 50 pounds for two bags instead of 70# for three. So we had to bring a third bag to avoid the overage cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

yeah, first world problems, I know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

anyway, we\u2019re on the way, and tired enough to sleep anyway . More later<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happily, we\u2019re on business class for the return trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13:20, Amsterdam Time, Saturday, September 29, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, It’s later! We’re here in the apartment, and resting up from the flight – not much chance to sleep on the flight, and the seats weren’t conducive to much sleep anyway. Quick and easy customs entry, short taxi ride later, we arrived to find our host extremely personable and helpful. He insisted on carrying the heavier bags up the steep stairs himself, and spent about an hour with us showing the apartment talking about places to see, and showing us his studio workshop. The apartment is every bit as nice as it looks on the web, and is really a great size, in a nice neighborhood. Once we’ve recovered a bit, we’ll probably head out to get some late lunch-early dinner, but maybe not too much time walking around this evening until our backs settle down a bit – I think a good night’s sleep will do wonders. (this is kind of a reprise of our experience in flying to Bordeaux back in 2015 – hit the hotel and crash for 8 hours)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway – here are some super quick shots to give a sense of the place – much more as we start to explore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Art Apartment Amsterdam is everything we’d hoped – charming and comfortable – as you can see it sucked Linda right into the bed for a nap.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Art Apartment Living Room – Art on wall is by the owner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is the fully equipped kitchen we will be enjoying for the next two weeks – gas range, microwave, fridge, washer\/dryer, coffee maker and teapot, and a nice view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another view of the kitchen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kitchen comes fully equipped with all utensils, gas range, clothes washer and a microwave and refrigerator.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A quick shot from our tiny balcony looking toward the little park nearby.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking the other direction from the balcony, with a canal just steps away.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Detail from the previous shot, this gentleman is clearly enjoying the wind in his face.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Standing on the ground level entry looking up at the steep stairs into the apartment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Steep curved stairway looking down from our 1st floor apartment to the ground level.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

23:08 (11:08pm), Saturday, September 29, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We crashed for a few hours, then got up around 7pm and headed out for dinner. We ate at a nearby Persian restaurant after trying to get in to a very popular seafood restaurant that turned out to need reservations – we’ll hit that one another night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a great dinner, we walked around a bit, shot a few photos, and headed back to the apartment where we will resume “crash-mode” as we’re still feeling the effects of the flight and the time shift. It’s about 9 hours “later” here than at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just across the street from our small side-street is this canal (The Singelgracht, which defines the boundary of the 17th century city)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Walk along the canal to dinner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A house boat along the canal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Inside Parsa, the tiny Iranian restaurant where we ate dinner. Very good food.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A toast from Dave at the Parsa Restaraunt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Canal at night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking across the Singelgracht from near our street, at a hopping night spot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View up the Singelgracht from the next bridge down, at Kinkerstraat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Links to additional Amsterdam Vacation pages:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 30, 2018, day 2 of our trip<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 1, 2018, day 3 of our trip<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 2, 2018, day 4 of our trip<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 4, 2018, day 6 of our trip<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 5, 2018, Day 7 of our trip<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linda & Dave<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ll try to update this page with images and notes, depending on time, mood, and the state of the internet connection we will have in Amsterdam. In the meantime, you can see the apartment we’ll be staying at here on their web page. Art Apartment Amsterdam We fly out on Friday, September 28 at 9:30am, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-645","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tosti-lane.com\/dtlblog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tosti-lane.com\/dtlblog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tosti-lane.com\/dtlblog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tosti-lane.com\/dtlblog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tosti-lane.com\/dtlblog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.tosti-lane.com\/dtlblog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1644,"href":"https:\/\/www.tosti-lane.com\/dtlblog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/645\/revisions\/1644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tosti-lane.com\/dtlblog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}