Comments on: Amsterdam! http://www.colinlevy.com/blog/amsterdam News and thoughts from an aspiring filmmaker. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:52:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Larry http://www.colinlevy.com/blog/amsterdam/comment-page-1#comment-729 Larry Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:56:16 +0000 http://www.colinlevy.com/blog/?p=355#comment-729 We travelled there with our three daughters. We found all informations on <a href="http://www.amstetdam.info" rel="nofollow">amsterdam.info</a>. Amsterdam it is a very beautiful town and the museums are great. But with the exchange rate as it is, we found it very expensive. Some museums were closed for refurbishment, but the views of the canals and hi-lights such as the Anne Frank House and the Artis Zoo (an old-fashioned place with a great array of animals kept in somewhat cramped conditions) are very memorable. The food is awful unless you want to spend a great deal of money and there is a cynical attitude to tourists that is very out of date (e.g. tapas marinaded pork was one slice of fried bacon on 1/2 a bread roll). We stayed in the serviceable but expensive Singel Hotel which was okay but its close proximity to a red light area made going out with the children awkward and there really was nothing charming or liberated about hurrying past the ladies in the windows. The same is true of the legal dope selling 'coffee houses'. The whole bicycle thing is interesting. It is almost, but not quite, the eco-city of the future. Some cyclists are quite anarchic and we spent a fair bit of time dodging pavement mounted bad-tempered riders. Overall verdict was we were glad we'd been but wouldn't go again as it feels over priced, out of date and sleazy - not the cutting edge hip family friendly town it's sold as. We travelled there with our three daughters. We found all informations on amsterdam.info. Amsterdam it is a very beautiful town and the museums are great. But with the exchange rate as it is, we found it very expensive. Some museums were closed for refurbishment, but the views of the canals and hi-lights such as the Anne Frank House and the Artis Zoo (an old-fashioned place with a great array of animals kept in somewhat cramped conditions) are very memorable. The food is awful unless you want to spend a great deal of money and there is a cynical attitude to tourists that is very out of date (e.g. tapas marinaded pork was one slice of fried bacon on 1/2 a bread roll). We stayed in the serviceable but expensive Singel Hotel which was okay but its close proximity to a red light area made going out with the children awkward and there really was nothing charming or liberated about hurrying past the ladies in the windows. The same is true of the legal dope selling ‘coffee houses’. The whole bicycle thing is interesting. It is almost, but not quite, the eco-city of the future. Some cyclists are quite anarchic and we spent a fair bit of time dodging pavement mounted bad-tempered riders. Overall verdict was we were glad we’d been but wouldn’t go again as it feels over priced, out of date and sleazy – not the cutting edge hip family friendly town it’s sold as.

]]> By: Deyson Ortiz http://www.colinlevy.com/blog/amsterdam/comment-page-1#comment-715 Deyson Ortiz Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:25:00 +0000 http://www.colinlevy.com/blog/?p=355#comment-715 Congratulations, on your trip. I one day hope to visit the blender institute, in Amsterdam. Glad to see you are still producing awesome work. FYI: I am going to put a link to your website on my links page. Keep up the good work ! Congratulations, on your trip.
I one day hope to visit the blender institute, in Amsterdam.
Glad to see you are still producing awesome work.

FYI: I am going to put a link to your website on my links page.

Keep up the good work !

]]> By: kate farrow http://www.colinlevy.com/blog/amsterdam/comment-page-1#comment-694 kate farrow Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:08:44 +0000 http://www.colinlevy.com/blog/?p=355#comment-694 Hi Colin is it okay to put a link on our wiki to your Blender video tutorials? We are trying to get high school teachers and students using Blender in the classroom. Congratulations on your amazing work. Regards kf Hi Colin is it okay to put a link on our wiki to your Blender video tutorials? We are trying to get high school teachers and students using Blender in the classroom.
Congratulations on your amazing work. Regards kf

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