European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse from Laili 11 near Koblen. I Hen Ilie Day turned to Brilliant Blue skies mrs irn Shim after .1 Slop no an autobahn res Laurall u shake off our drowsiness incl fortify ourselves with Brunch we resumed the haul to Amsterdam As we headed farther North the rolling Hills Rcd for Rirs of Central Germany soon k veiled off and opened out to Green Farmland stretching away for Miles to the horizon. .1 red Limrick farmhouse or .1 Grove of Trues punctuated the fatal landscape and cows and Sheen dotted the Psi urls. As we approached the dutch Border the land got Wetter and stretching the limits of the possible flatter As Ujj i a they pal Duich Countryside of endless , crisscrossed by drainage canals Connie gave us a Brief geographical. and sociological lecture on the motherland. It evil Lent she Hail done her Homework. Also fair list a is the thai she had worked very Hirid to perfect it r , which was Lawless with just a Trace of a British accent. Her profession nihilism couple by and Unitas Gingry up ical mood provided one Ollie Bright Points of Llie trip. Since we Harin l eaten since 10 30, food was Foremost in everyone s mind when we glimpsed the first tree lined and Brick triple Decker houses if Amsterdam. Ufi Kmali by Ibe hour and a half allotted for our first Hup left Little Opportunity to do. Anything hut it incl a Juick jog around the i Najr he dam. One of the immediate Imp visions of Amsterdam is the feeling of a Ellent i i incl Toler Htu i thai pervades the City. There i in l time irs r.ink1- much farther afield than the ,ice, ii world a Vlf ii memorial and the Nimit oni Cost office building. Then it was off to Check in to our accommodations. Ahful half of the group had noted to slay in dutch Homes in n Village uti Side the cily saving of 0. The rest of us Grid he Hull option assuming from the brochure at i1t that a hotel in Amsterdam would Kive us a better Chance to ret to know the City by Tho Linin ave arrived it the i hotel 15 minutes o i inning from St Hipol Airport to Kel a Ood Oil s sleep. The room have color television including Cable news network s. International there is a hair dryer in oath . But i lil Down to the Muzak piped into the hallways the i Itel has the feel it could just As Well be outside of Chicago. After we d had i a hence to freshen up and relax for a couple of hours the tour Hus returned in he Early evening to take us Inlo the City for a traditional indonesian rite Lah Feilinger Complete Wilh Fried bananas and in Peanut the meal had willed Connie led us on a brisk walk through the world famous red Liht Dis Eric. Then in an Irea of lurid sex Shri s ind Prosl Tulion the Gari hoc is pit Neon and Pic Lufe window sex for Sale was softened by the tree fined canals the. Cool night air redo Lei i of the sea. morning. In ski Hirw saturday traffic the a Small car Niaj was Tel up in the Toad Square in front of the Royal Palace in the Hague. Bus made ii Inlo the cily in 15 minutes. Tie foggy overcast Day was not Ideal travel weather but seemed somehow appropriate for the first excursion of the Day a boat Lour of the canals. This is an excellent Way to get a feel for the geography of the City in a Short time. It is soon apparent Why throughout its history Amsterdam has been As much a City of the water As of the land. More than 100 canals make that a fact. Impossible to Overlook. A water level View of some of the More than 5,000 houseboats moored throughout the City Tey eals everything from ramshackle wrecks to elegant floating residences structural material Range from Wood to. Ileal and even Brick and Concrete. " from our Glass roofed Craft we saw the oldest Brick House in the cily built in 1soo the smallest " hotel the hotel new York with Only four rooms and the narrowest House just Over a Yard wide. The Joal tour ended near the fog shrouded Harbor a few Steps from the Holshu Ysen Stoeltinc Diamond factory. There after hearing a Brief history of the Amsterdam Diamond Industry we we offered the Chance to yield to temptation. The company officials brought out boxes of Diamond jewelry for Sale. Those who wished to could buy rings necklaces and earrings minus the value added lax. Several took. Advantage of the Chance before we were whisked away to the next Stup the Rijk museum after a Quick walk through with a few minutes to Larry at the most famous artwork in die museum Rembrandt s night Ratcli it was time to move on again. T he original plan for saturday afternoon had been to Lour Anne Frank s House and then move on to the Hague and the miniature Village of -. Maduro am. This would have enabled those of us who wanted to see More of Amherd am to pass up these last two optional Side trips and spend the afternoon and evening in the City before trying to find of Airway Back to the Distant hotel. Bui because Connie had swapped Par of the saturday and sunday itineraries we now headed for a Quick visit to the Windmill Village of a manse schans with its wooden shoe factory and museum. There we ate a delicious lunch of dutch pancakes and i Here with the windmills still turning in our minds headed for a cheese factory where our noses and palates got a workout during Anol her Brief Slop the Day wound Down in a chill raw wind at Tho tourist and fishing Village of Vole dam. Sailboats disappeared into the Gray Mist Hal obscured the Hori on As darkness descended on the Guider Zee. , Back at the hotel. I thought How Nice it would be if i could to outside for a the of Amsterdam to have Al least a few hours free to wander among its canals houseboats and Bridges. Sunday morning we list in,.nellir� i Onishe Road again at 9 15, first on the last Clay s Agenda was a drive through the sleepy sunday streets of the Hague with Brief photo soups Al the bin Tenhof the water Castle where the dutch parliament Mec s and the Palace of Justice. was next where most took advantage ctr the Chance to get Lun that the cafeteria. 12 gripes novt brr 3,
