I will never go back to the Netherlands…
I landed in Amsterdam and drove down to Uden for a week. Beautiful country, friendly people! Safe! Good beer and food. All the roads, bike paths, and sidewalks look the same, so that’s a challenge but you watch the cars ahead of you. But after a few days I was gear-jamming my rented 5-speed Volvo station wagon through the round-abouts like a mad man. Every night I took off in another direction and drove to an ancient medieval town until the roads get so narrow, you park and walk.
I went south and visited Eindhoven, that was ok. I was there at night in the winter.
I went NE to Nijmegen which was really cool with medieval castle ruins and great restaurants, probably my favorite. I ate dinner in that building on the right.
I went west to ‘s-Hertogenbosch, which had great beer and shopping.
I went NE to Utrecht with the gorgeous architecture and canals and churches.
On the my last day I explored Amsterdam and had a blast exploring the city, canals, and bars around the red light district. I had a great time and would recommend it to anyone! Very safe, but I had to wonder how many drunks ended up in the canals every year. I ended up partying with a professional wrestler and his girlfriend from Chicago!
But I can’t go back…
Upon returning home I started getting traffic tickets forwarded to me from the rental car company, apparently the Netherlands has traffic cams everywhere! I still have 3 traffic tickets unpaid there… and they will stay that way.
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