Towards the end of January, my boyfriend and I visited Amsterdam for a short getaway from work and honestly just to relax. We wanted to go somewhere that wasn't too far to travel to and also wasn't too expensive. We booked it on Lastminute.com for £120 each. That included flights to and from Amsterdam, as well as 3 nights in a hotel. Bargain right?
We flew from Doncaster/Sheffield Airport to Amsterdam and it only took around 50 minutes. The Schiphol airport is HUGE, by far the biggest airport I've been too. It had a bunch of different shops, restaurants, and bars and 100s of terminals. Our hotel was about a 45-minute walk from the center of Amsterdam (that's why it was so cheap) but we didn't mind walking while we were there. I've never done so much walking. We stayed at the Camp-Inn Hotel. The staff there were lovely and it was a nice hotel. I would recommend staying there if you don't mind traveling a little bit to get to the center of Amsterdam.
While we were there we went to the Anne Frank house which was amazing but emotional. We also checked out the Ice bar which was absolutely freezing. Once we'd left, we felt 10 times warmer outside even in the rain.
Personally, I thought the prices of some things in Amsterdam, whether it be shopping, eating/drinking or activities were up and down. Some places were relatively cheap for the center of Amsterdam and then others were pretty expensive. I did buy myself some clothes while I was there of course.
The food, however, was really nice, one thing that was disappointing was when we went to KFC they told us they don't do gravy, I mean WHAT?!
We'll definitely be going again, try and do a few more things we didn't get to do this time around. Have you ever been to Amsterdam? If so, what did you think? Where else have you been that you'd recommend I visit?
A x
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