So I thought I’d accompany the rest of my Amsterdam pictures with the regular ‘To Eat, To Drink, To See’ type post - but for lack of time, and clearly, I’m just a little bit keen, I’m leaving you with a picture post today (Think Amsterdam Tourism should pay me for this, no?) I'll definitely be back to fill you in on the do’s and do nots at some point over the weekend - but until then, here’s wishing you a happy, sunny Thursday. Keep smiling.
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You know what they say; you can take the girl out of the city but you can't take the city out of the girl. I'm a fiend for new places - always strange, bustling and unknown; as for Amsterdam, it's forever etched in my heart as my first (albeit super-short) trip with the bf, as completion of six magical months together and, yes, you guessed it, as the waffle capital OF THE WORLD. Uh-uh. Before you interrupt. I know what you're going to say. But no. I need taste no more waffles before I testify because it's impossible to make one yummier. IM-PO-SSI-BLE.
So yesterday's antics, to satisfy a burning waffle craving?
Yeah… I didn't have any choice. Thinner, crispier and not quite the same; but still sufficient to hit that sweet, waffly spot. Recipe is here.
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As first impressions go, Amsterdam didn't shock me as I'd been told it would. With the reputation the RLD's cultivated the world over, I'd expected notoriety, garishness and sleaze. The reality was very different - littered with cheesy sex-shops selling blow ups and other outrageous toys, the multi-cultural community of prostitutes, junkies, cops and coffee shop owners intermingled freely along its streets as tourists 'window-shopped'. It's an old and beautiful part of the city too with its long, narrow, winding cobbled streets and rickety old buildings leaning at odd angles. Surprising? Yes. Surprising that a city can be so wholly liberal and tolerant. Shocking though? Definitely not.
A whirlwind trip in its entirety, it would be unfair of me to even try and pretend I know much about Amsterdam at all. What I can tell you, though, is that the city serves up THE best waffles in the world. Freshly made, dusted with icing sugar, smothered in Nutella and topped up with whipped cream, I munched my way through a shocking 4 of these in 30 hours. Ouch. Ask if you're going any time soon. For now, here's my first impression. More tomorrow.
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