Trip report-Amsterdam
 

Had a two day layover in Amsterdam and here's what I loved and hated:<BR>Loved:<BR>1. RLD (very interesting area)<BR>2. Coffee Shops (brought back college memories)<BR>3. Van Gogh museum (very cool)<BR>4. Canal cruise (I enjoyed but not nearly as much as I was expecting)<BR>Food (loved the cheese!)<BR><BR>Hated:<BR>1. Anne Franke House (big big disappointment!) <BR>2. The noise in the square area at night makes it difficult to sleep <BR>3. Anne Franke House (big big big disappointment!!!)

What did you expect at the Anne Frank house? Mechanical robots of Anne and family acting out scenes from the diary? A tram taking you on a ride through the house? I can't imagine how someone could be disappointed visiting the site where a human and global tragedy took place.

<BR><BR>This is a troll -- <BR>please refrain from giving it mileage

Len, the only troll is the small one in your pants that won't stand up. And X... while I was not expecting a small small world type of ride, I was expecting a lot more than what I saw. My guess is neither of you have actually been and you are only assuming that it must be something more than it really is! <BR>The reason I was disappointed was as follows:<BR>1. The front of the building is about as post war era as an Andy Warhol painting.<BR>2. The so-called museum adds little or no insight beyond what her book discussed(actually a lot less)<BR>3. The coffee shop and book store in the building are as big as the so-called museum. <BR>PS: save the 6 euros and go to the Van Gogh museum! <BR>

Funny, I thought the Ann Frank house was very interesting (and I didn't bother for my first 4 visits to Amstehdam) and I thought the Van Gogh museum was a huge disappointment (although the letters in the basement were interesting). Just shows that there are clearly different interests for different people. <BR><BR>The Rijksmuseum, on the other hand, was fantastic.

Stunned to hear the Van Gogh museum was "a huge disappointment",G, don't you like his paintings?<BR>Never been to the Anne Franke house, the queues were always huge.