Amsterdam is the capital of The Netherlands. You know, Holland. Sort of. The land of the tulips, wooden shoes and windmills. The people there are called Dutch, and Dutch is what they speak. Dutch sounds to me like a kinder, gentler form of German. I can almost piece together what they’re saying and what the street signs mean from my very limited repertoire of German words, though the spelling is not quite the same. The Van Gogh Museum is in Amsterdam. So is the Anne Frank House. I’m told that Amsterdam’s many cannabis coffee shops are a big draw for locals and tourists alike. But we won’t be visiting any of them. Instead, we’re booked on a canal tour. A much more pleasant trip. I can hardly wait.
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