abadideaGood 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.
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
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
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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
AT@0xabad1dea counterpoint: don’t, or at least don’t visit the inner city bike paths (so I can still get to lecture on time)
@0xabad1dea (who am I kidding; to get to lecture late, but slightly less stressed on the way there)