abadidea

Good morning to the older British lady on holiday who breathlessly asked us if we really live here in Amsterdam (yes, but not in those canal manors) and if we, too, own bikes (yes)

She agreed Odin is a good boy.

#amsterdam

Apr 11 at 9:29amWeb
Show threadabadideaApr 11
Honestly, there was a lot more Magical Surrealism in my everyday life when I lived in the well-preserved medieval core of Leiden than in Amsterdam. Rembrandt reenactors, horse drawn carriage parades, open air historic boat museum, having to wait to go into my house because a random bride was using the gateway for a photo shoot
Show threadabadideaApr 11

Have I pitched Leiden recently? If you want to visit the Netherlands to see windmills, canals, art museums and little stone houses, go to Leiden, not Amsterdam. https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea/111217657345709905

#netherlands

abadidea (@[email protected])

Attached: 4 images Are you considering visiting the Netherlands because you’re interested in old architecture, canals, windmills, and museums? # COME TO LEIDEN Leiden is: one intercity train station away from the airport (about 20 mins), just like Amsterdam; has all the historical and artistic value of Amsterdam and none of the sex or drug tourism; is extremely walkable and almost everything you want to see is within 1km of the station, literally everything within 2km; has a highly international population; is much less crowded than Amsterdam any time except the annual celebration of the lifting of the siege in early October. Everything is less tourist-priced as well. A boat tour in good weather is a god-tier experience. In late spring through midsummer everything is coated in flowers. I have lived here in Leiden for two years and been extremely happy, attached are photos I’ve taken myself. #netherlands #leiden #holland

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Show threadThat Old Guy with the BeardApr 11
@0xabad1dea Except Leiden has 0% Odin content.
Show threadabadideaApr 11
@IanAMartin not quite zero! https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea/114053934031238804
Show threadzoolApr 11
@0xabad1dea i went there for a project seminar last year and was astonished at the early morning silence, the town centre empty of traffic, you can hear every flap of a bird's wing. And the canal-house prettiness. Leiden's a gem of a place, isn't it, the people there don't seem to appreciate that they're living in a paradise
Show threadAnne-MartineApr 11
@zool @0xabad1dea oh, we do 😁
Show threadAlan BellinghamApr 11
@0xabad1dea Last time we were in Amsterdam, we took the train over to Leiden, but we didn't get further than the café outside the station where we were meeting friends during their lunch break. Time to return and revisit the rest of the city
Show threadATApr 11
@0xabad1dea counterpoint: don’t, or at least don’t visit the inner city bike paths (so I can still get to lecture on time)
Show threadATApr 11
@0xabad1dea (who am I kidding; to get to lecture late, but slightly less stressed on the way there)
Show threadKluthulhu' XOR 1=1--Apr 11
@0xabad1dea "go to [Dutch city], not Amsterdam" feels quite btoadly applicable 😅
Show threadWillem JanssenApr 11
@kluthulhu @0xabad1dea Yeah, but Leiden and Haarlem are good Pocket-Amsterdams, with the canals and the old houses.
Show threadCrazypedia won't Comply 🧿Apr 11
@0xabad1dea i too would like more magical surrealism and modern medieval absurdity in my life 🏰
Show threadJacob BurleyApr 11
@0xabad1dea I moved from Leiden to Amsterdam about a year after you did iirc, and I also miss the weirdness of living in the inner city. There’s nothing like seeing a car turned into a boat “driving” down the canal outside your apartment with no explanation 😅
Show threadabadideaApr 11
@jc0b I remember seeing some college boys who had nailed some wooden palettes to empty barrels and strapped on a boat engine, like Link in Tears of the Kingdom if he had beer
Show threadATApr 11
@0xabad1dea mostly Early Modern, really (if you want a slightly more medieval city center with quayside houses and a Gravensteen I can recommend Ghent)
Show threadATApr 11
@0xabad1dea (please make way for Ghent!@at on his way to lecture tho)
Show threadabadideaApr 11

@at I realize most of the surviving buildings aren't quite medieval, but the dense maze of alleyways sure is...

I have a vivid recollection of walking to the train station from linguistics summer school last year, and seeing a very American, very lost man clutching a guidebook, and offering to point the way to whatever he was looking for. He very defensively told me no. My brother in eagles, your American brain did not evolve to survive in this environment, accept the help

Show threadMoahApr 11
@0xabad1dea wait you ride bikes and not Odin?
Show threadmuddleApr 11
@0xabad1dea It's almost like you were visiting Japan... your Japanese is great... can you use chopsticks?