{"id":9078,"date":"2018-11-23T05:53:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T10:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/?p=9078"},"modified":"2023-06-23T23:56:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T03:56:10","slug":"going-to-amsterdam-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/archives\/9078","title":{"rendered":"Going To Amsterdam, Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

I won\u2019t say that Amsterdam is on our bucket list of places to visit, but it is high on our while-in-Germany-we-have-to-do-this list. The guys are working in M\u00f6nchengladbach, Germany about a half hour from our hotel and on the way to Amsterdam. So it is decided that I\u2019m going to catch a train from Dusseldorf to M\u00f6nchengladbach. Goodie! I\u2019ve been dying to try out this train thing. With the help of the front desk staff, I managed to get to the right train station. A nice fellow passenger helped me figure out the ticketing thing and got me on my way. Train riding is\u2026interesting.<\/p>\n

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The trains stop everywhere. If you\u2019ve ever read the \u201cGirl on the Train\u201d you\u2019ll understand what I\u2019m talking about. They even have areas for bicycle travelers to ride the trains with their bikes. Pretty cool.<\/p>\n

I met up with the guys at the main transportation center in M\u00f6nchengladbach and we took our two hour car ride to Amsterdam.<\/p>\n

Peter and JF travel often and have many travel reward points so they stayed in a HIGH END, $700 a night hotel. John and I stayed at a non-chain, locally-owned hotel. It was exactly the experience I was hoping for. The room was clean and the most unique hotel we have ever stayed in.<\/p>\n

We almost couldn\u2019t find the entrance to the hotel. The doorway was very wee, and the buildings very large. John barely fit through it.<\/p>\n

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Hotel the Exchange, launched in 2011, is located in interconnect buildings on Damrak. The street is one of the oldest streets in Amsterdam and quite lively at all times of the day. Every other store, it seemed, was a souvenir shop!<\/p>\n

It is a concept hotel by Suzanne Oxenaar and Otto Nan, some sort of famous hotel designers, and is a collaborative project linked to the urban rejuvenation of Amsterdam. Students from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute were commissioned to create the rooms. We stayed in Room 204, History Repeated<\/em>. This is the write-up on our room.<\/p>\n

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Be sure to look at the pictures carefully so you see all the \u201cdressed in memory\u201d fun! (hint the current bathroom door is closed and the only item of our clothes hanging is John\u2019s coat.)<\/p>\n

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There was no \u201creal\u201d picture hanging over the bed.<\/p>\n

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I keep touching things to see what is real and what is part of the wall paper. Fun!<\/p>\n

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Shoot, the bathroom is about the same overall size of the one in the RV!<\/p>\n

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They have a few pictures of some of 61 rooms on their website<\/strong><\/span><\/a> if you are curious about the other rooms.<\/p>\n

For you \u201cold-timers\u201d from Williamsport, remember the elevator in the Brozman\u2019s store? Small, cloth walls, creaky? Well, the elevators, there are at least two that we use, are just like that. The one elevator has a regular door that locks shut when the lift starts moving with no barrier between you and the elevator shaft.<\/p>\n

And don\u2019t take the wrong elevator or the wrong set of stairs because they all lead somewhere different. Its the stereotypical, you-can\u2019t-get-there-from-here scenario. I\u2019m loving the whole experience, don\u2019t know about John, but he usually is happy when I\u2019m happy.<\/p>\n

But evening has arrived and the city is coming alive. Time to hit the town and check out the lit monuments and the Red Light District.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I won\u2019t say that Amsterdam is on our bucket list of places to visit, but it is high on our while-in-Germany-we-have-to-do-this list. The guys are working in M\u00f6nchengladbach, Germany about a half hour from our hotel and on the way to Amsterdam. So it is decided that I\u2019m going to catch a train from Dusseldorf […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-container-style":"default","site-container-layout":"default","site-sidebar-layout":"default","disable-article-header":"default","disable-site-header":"default","disable-site-footer":"default","disable-content-area-spacing":"default","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,847],"tags":[856,899,848,857],"class_list":["post-9078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-non-rv-travel","tag-amsterdam","tag-bucket-list","tag-germany","tag-train"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1123181358_HDR_thumb.jpg?fit=744%2C559&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3hvz5-2mq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9178,"url":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/archives\/9178","url_meta":{"origin":9078,"position":0},"title":"Amsterdam Canal Ride","author":"Wendy","date":"November 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"After HOURS and MILES of walking around, it feels good to sit. 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