If you’d like to see the first three places on my list, check out the Top Ten Places I’d Love To Visit Part 1.
Amsterdam
Amsterdam represents a lot of things for me: Mystery, wonder, and a bit of an “oldschool” feeling that I can’t quite explain, while still having a bit of an exotic splash mixed in. In my earlier life wanderings, I wanted to go here simply for legalization things, but that’s since changed, seeing as my country is in the process of going through a lot of the same legalization fight that Amsterdam’s been through in the past.
This is going to be a tough hurdle to tackle, because I’ve heard rumours that Amsterdam is trying to move away form the reputation they’ve had as a “tourist gone wild” destination of the past, and are trying to discourage people from visiting, on account of the population being overwhelmed every tourist season, and having to clean up the mess after.
There’s so much more to do in Amsterdam than simply party, trash the place and leave:
Anne Frank House, Oude Kerk, The 9 Streets, and the countless castles, palaces and fortresses that stand all over the country.
In decades past, Amsterdam has been treated like shit by the rest of the world, seen as a place to do…
