Paul... Amsterdam, great place,but like most cities it has it's good points and then theres the bad points, when you see kids shooting themselves up in some back ally, I go some times with my lady friend, we have a good laugh, a good meal, and a good night out, ( and some of the sex toys you can get, are unbelievable, but, take care with the Batman outfit, the condoms come in many colours, and light up in the dark, .. ( now this may surprise you,) there are some very nice old werehouse's and beautiful old buildings dating back to early 1600, and if you go on a canal tour you will enjoy a lot of that you don't normally see from the road, Parking is [censored], so go by train, some time you get picked up by a lady of the night, and in the afternoon too, so if/when you visit, and you wan to go to the red light district, walk out of the railway station just 200 metres straight down the main road in front of you the just turn left....have a nice whatever...J2