Ann Frank house / museum is a good place to visit. At least get close so you can hear the same church bells she did w/ family as they hid.

-LAFF

Great walking city, very friendly. Trams can take you all over, not expensive. Good food, lots of sights, great scenery. Very 'open' city; great red-light district, one of Europe's best.

Bicycles used to be cheap to rent.

"Coffee (and Tea) houses" are euphamisms for hash/pot bars. So be careful you don't inhale.

-- okay now, tell me about the hash
bars?

VINCENT
What so you want to know?

JULES
Well, hash is legal there, right?

VINCENT
Yeah, it's legal, but it ain't a
hundred percent legal. I mean you
can't walk into a restaurant, roll
a joint, and start puffin' away.
You're only supposed to smoke in
your home or certain designated
places.

JULES
Those are hash bars?

VINCENT
Yeah, it breaks down like this:
it's legal to buy it, it's legal to
own it and, if you're the
proprietor of a hash bar, it's
legal to sell it. It's legal to
carry it, which doesn't really
matter 'cause -- get a load of this
-- if the cops stop you, it's
illegal for them to search you.
Searching you is a right that the
cops in Amsterdam don't have.

JULES
That did it, man -- I'm f in'
goin', that's all there is to it.

VINCENT
You'll dig it the most. But you
know what the funniest thing about
Europe is?

JULES
What?

VINCENT
It's the little differences. A
lotta the same sh!t we got here,
they got there, but there they're a
little different.

JULES
Examples?

VINCENT
Well, in Amsterdam, you can buy
beer in a movie theatre. And I
don't mean in a paper cup either.
They give you a glass of beer, like
in a bar. In Paris, you can buy
beer at MacDonald's. Also, you
know what they call a Quarter
Pounder with Cheese in Paris?

JULES
They don't call it a Quarter
Pounder with Cheese?

VINCENT
No, they got the metric system
there, they wouldn't know what the
fck a Quarter Pounder is.

JULES
What'd they call it?

VINCENT
Royale with Cheese.

JULES
(repeating)
Royale with Cheese. What'd they
call a Big Mac?

VINCENT
Big Mac's a Big Mac, but they call
it Le Big Mac.

JULES
What do they call a Whopper?

VINCENT
I dunno, I didn't go into a Burger
King. But you know what they put
on french fries in Holland instead
of ketchup?

JULES
What?

VINCENT
Mayonnaise.

JULES
G dam!

VINCENT
I seen 'em do it. And I don't mean
a little bit on the side of the
plate, they f in' drown 'em in
it.

JULES
Uuccch!

It is nice to be able to order a beer with your Le Big Mac.

Anyone who spends a Layover in Paris and eats at a Macdonalds needs serious Help.

HSLD, I'm jealous! I used to fly into AMS a lot. Definitely try the Leidseplein area. That's a great spot for nightlife.

Maybe they want to try Le Big Mac with a Beer, instead of fine French Dining.

What, and miss the Escargot?

The Black & White Cafe in the Leidseplien. There is a life size photo of a naked Linda McCartney in the men's room. Or there was 20 years ago... Look for the SAT sticker in one of the light fixtures over the bar. I'd be interested to know if it is still there. Also the Torture museum is very interesting. Army intel could learn a thing or two.

Indonesian food is very good there.

Heineken Brewery tour