http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Rahul+Viz Travel Rahul Viz Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=88633&ca=Travel In old cities, streets had no names and numbers. If one needed to find someone, one had to know the name of the house. In Amsterdam, many houses had special signs - decorative plaques on which the sculptor could show what he was worth. Before street numbers were introduced in 1795, many of Amsterdam... Travel Rahul Viz Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=88059&ca=Travel Amsterdam and water are closely linked, as they have been for centuries. It was specifically because of all that water from the River Amstel and IJ and the Zuiderzee that the first inhabitants settled here early in the thirteenth century. Water was also the main reason of Amsterdam’s wealth in the 1... Travel Rahul Viz Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=88058&ca=Travel Throughout Amsterdam's history, ships have shaped the face of the city. In the first few centuries they were mainly small fishing vessels and barges, later they made way for the larger merchant ships and Men o' War, but now it is mainly the houseboats which give the waters of Amsterdam their disting... Travel Rahul Viz Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=87433&ca=Travel One of the most unique items to take back home from Amsterdam are clogs, Holland’s traditional wooden shoes. Clogs originated as far back as 1367, or probably are even older, and have been worn as daily footwear ever since. In Holland’s wet and cold climate, only clogs will keep feet dry and warm at... Travel Rahul Viz Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=87438&ca=Travel Amsterdam has rather a huge gay scene. Many foreigners find themselves attracted to the city, and one can also spot celebrities. Amsterdam has more than one hundred gay bars, discos, saunas, video stores, bookshops, restaurants and hotels. For long now, the Dutch capital laid claim to the highest nu... Travel Rahul Viz Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=81133&ca=Travel Amsterdam due to its location and proximity to two of the premier beer-drinking nations in Europe - Belgium, where modern beer was more or less invented, and Germany, famous for its beer consumption, is a great city to go drinking in. As for eating, this may not be Europe’s culinary capital, but the... Arts and Crafts Rahul Viz Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=83945&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Amsterdam has its own collection of museum which can be called normal to bizarre. The museum here is plentiful and enough for any tourist to pass his/her time. Right on Damrak, Amsterdam’s Main Street, one will find one of the city’s most popular tourist attractions - the Sex Museum. Filled with cur... Travel Rahul Viz Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=84895&ca=Travel Amsterdam the city on water is famous for its canals and museums. There could hardly be a better way of discovering the “Dutch Venice”. The boat’s time-table lets a person stop and get off as many times as one wish. The three 17th-century canals one explore through Herengracht (Gentlemen’s Canal), K... Travel Rahul Viz Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=88637&ca=Travel One can always think that Amsterdam is one big historic monument. Still, some buildings are more historic and monumental than others and therefore more worth going out of one’s way for. One won’t have to go far out of your way to see Centraal Station. Designed by architect Petrus Josephus Hubertus C... Travel Rahul Viz Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=87682&ca=Travel Street organs and carillons are to the Dutch what bagpipes means to the Scots, and they bring out the same mixed feelings. The elaborate street organs meaning barrel organs developed from hand-held barrel organs that were once popular throughout Europe but have now all but disappeared. Though they a...