Lovely weekend in Amsterdam, weather was acceptable - and the place wasn’t too crazy crowded. Managed to find a fantastic hotel, so we were well looked after - apart from a cock-up with dinner on Sunday night (was included - even though the kitchen was closed, luckily the staff made us a fantastic room service meal - with brilliant service).

Enjoyed the Heineken tour, and a canal boat trip around the city but wasn’t over impressed with the Van Gogh Museum, too crowded! We took the obligatory stroll round the Red Light District,which was funny - but really cliched. I knew that I would see brits on the piss - but I was impressed with the dedication of about 20 guys wearing “I’m with the gimp” shirts and following round a poor bloke dressed in latex and a gimp mask.

Definitely the highlight for me was just strolling round the streets  looking at beautiful buildings, stunning houseboats and lovely views across and along the canals.

The food was good too - with a fantastic Argentinean restaurant (Ocho Grill - website here) on Saturday night - we had a kind of shared mixed grill with small pieces of meat from across the menu….including some killer, melt-in-the-mouth beef and some amazing Argentinean sausages… all with salad, chips, lush sauces and some cold beer to wash it down. Superb.

Full photoset from Amsterdam is over here on Flickr