Canals and Bikes: Amsterdam

Amsterdam is a city with many personas. It is known on one hand to be free wheeling with sex and drugs. On the other hand it is a lovely city of churches, waterways, and International trade. It has a very walkable central city. It is a city with more bicycles than people, and you will notice that when walking around. The canal maintenance people will tell you that an equal number of bikes are in the water. Getting into Amsterdam by train lets you see what the rural areas of Netherlands look like.