On my recent trip to Europe, we decided to stop in Amsterdam for a few days before journeying north to Norway with my boyfriend Mike and friends Ashley and Nat. This was my second time in Amsterdam after a four-day visit in April The weather this time around was much warmer. In fact, we got there just in time for a heat wave that brought us temperatures in the 90s F! It sure made us appreciate the colder weather in Norway afterwards.
I really enjoyed my second trip to Amsterdam, and I think that two to three days is plenty to see what this city has to offer. We landed in Amsterdam from Atlanta on Friday morning and were planning on leaving Sunday morning.
However, because of a few flight cancellations on our way to Norway, we ended up staying in Amsterdam until Sunday evening. We landed in Amsterdam at am and found the ticket machines inside the airport to buy metro tickets into the city.
If you get on the direct train, it is only about a minute ride to Amsterdam Central. We got off there and walked 10 minutes to our hotel, De Roode Leeuw. This hotel is in a fantastic location along one of the main streets, Damrak. It is central to everything and so nice to be close to the main train station.
The hotel itself is pretty small and we got stuck with a square foot room. Ashley and Nat lucked out with a slightly bigger room that seemed more tolerable. Two nights in a room this small were more than enough.
