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Amsterdam, Easter Weekend

Going into 2013, I realised I'd visited as many countries as I'd had years on Earth, so have since decided that my life's pleasure goal, is to keep that figure growing with my years.  So for country no.34, I decided to check off something relatively close to home, from Southend Airport to Amsterdam, it's a tiny 40minute flight...

An evening spent eating Portugese steak, drinking a bit of Amstel and Heineken was a good way to start. The next morning, sunlight gave some bearings before smashing the pavements for more coffees treats and sightseeing. Canals, Red Light District (an eye-opener that everyone should see once in life) and then of course, another evening finding the elusive Grolsch to complete the trio of Dutch beers. This may have descended into an organised bar crawl... the last text message sent was at about 3.15am... definitely too old for this sh**.

A final day spent in a coffee shop, only a coca-cola of course, and some thick atmosphere, then beers in the central square people watching and telling tales of the night before.

A Final note on the brilliance of Amsterdam airport, we got there a bit early, but managed to kill time with a decent quality burger, some casino exploits... I lost my final 15Euros in some style, roomy, airy, comfy seating - even a museum, this is THE one to get delayed in.