We visited for 3 days on a short cruise from Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Strange place, Amsterdam! I did not think much of it on first impressions- very dirty, lots of rubbish lying around the streets and in the canals, every surface covered in grafitti. The only city that I've seen as bad was Paris.

After a day, though, it started to grow on me and by the end of day 3 I was quite sad to leave. ... (more)