Amsterdam - a few more notes

- there are lots of American tourists here (especially) and, for once, the American tourists behave more obnoxiously than the British
- as with anywhere where there's heavy tourism there's loads of tourist traps (eg highly priced shitty restaurants) Thankfully they're easy to avoid because there are lots of reasonably priced good quality places which are not difficult to find
- everyone rides bikes
- bikes, universally, are those funny high ones, that all look ancient
- people are polite and friendly (apart from the easyjet staff and one of the hotel staff)

I love making unjustifiable generalisations about a place. It's very satisfying.