Amsterdam is a city of bicycles and canals, distinctive architecture and friendly people, and a city with a personality to suit any taste or budget. We revisited Amsterdam in November and spent a couple of days savoring some of the well-known treasures that the city has in excess, along with an annual holiday event that turned out to be the highlight.
By pre-arrangement, we were collected at Schiphol Airport and driven to our hotel in a luxurious black Tesla model X with the falcon wing doors—a first for me. And while the car is elegance personified, the inability to open the doors from the back seat did not sit well with me (no pun intended). Nevertheless, the limousine maneuvered with ease through Amsterdam’s tiny streets, more suited to bicycle travel than luxury automobiles, and deposited us in the Conservatorium Hotel’s elegant courtyard, our home for the next few days.
