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Amsterdam A to Zed: B is for bicycle

In Clay Doyle, Tips/Advice on 26 August 2009 tagged Amsterdam, bicycles with no comments

You just have to ride a bicycle—it’s by far the quickest, easiest way around the city. It may look intimidating at first, but once on a bike you have the advantage as bicycles have the right-of-way. Rent one from Frederic Rent-a-Bike—their bikes don’t have any annoying logos that label you as a tourist. (Many shops [...]

Amsterdam A to Zed: A is for app

In Clay Doyle, Tips/Advice on 21 August 2009 tagged Amsterdam, iPhone with no comments

One of the things that makes Apple’s iPhone so addictive are the wide range of third party created “apps” (which do span the admittedly silly to the overly complicated) but also include many which are downright useful and easy to use. Kudos to the Netherlands Board of Tourism and Conventions for creating the elegantly designed Amsterdam Mobile [...]

Amsterdam Hotels

In Clay Doyle, Tips/Advice on 19 June 2009 tagged Amsterdam, hotels, Train with no comments

A friend of my sister recently wrote: Do you know of any cheap but clean/safe hotels in Amsterdam (specifically, safe for a mom and child alone)? I want to get a hotel in Amsterdam for a couple nights to avoid all the train riding back and forth from my friend’s house in the Hague but [...]

2008: A Year of Travel in Pictures

In Clay Doyle, Photography, Travel Journal on 22 January 2009 tagged Albino Aligator, Amsterdam, Argentina, autobus, Baltimore, Buenos Aires, Cemetery, Denver, Georgia, Iguazu, Maryland, Montevideo, Paris, San Francisco, Savannah, South America, Thalys, Uruguay, Velib with no comments

The year 2008 began and ended in San Francisco. So lets consider some old/new highlights of San Francisco in honor of the new year. Favorite old site: the fabulously eccentric late Frank Lloyd Wright Marin Civic Center. Favorite new site: the fabulously eccentric just opened Renzo Piano designed California Academy of Sciences. Favorite old restaurant: [...]

Amsterdam on the Cheap

In Articles, Clay Doyle on 21 October 2008 tagged Amsterdam, Bargains, Cheap, Eating, Food, gay, Logo with 1 comment

See the story and a slide show of his photos at tripoutgaytravel.com/amsterdam-on-the-cheap/ Turmoil in the financial markets and a sky-high exchange rate for the dollar against the Euro may have you reconsidering that trip to Europe. A hotel room at 200 Euros is a lot less attractive when it appears on your credit card at [...]

Art in Amsterdam—and Beyond

In Articles, Clay Doyle on 1 October 2008 tagged Amsterdam, art, gay, Logo, museums with no comments

Clay Doyle writes about museums in Amsterdam and beyond…including the Holland art cities of Utrecht, Rotterdam and Den Haag…in his first article for Logo online. See the story and a slide show of his photos at http://www.tripoutgaytravel.com/art-in-amsterdam—and-beyond/ Mention Holland and the names Rembrandt and Van Gogh come instantly to mind; but the Netherlands has been [...]

Amsterdam Insider Tips

In Articles, Clay Doyle on 25 June 2005 tagged Amsterdam, Bargains, bicycles, entertainment, gay, gay.com, hotels with no comments

I’m often asked to recommend a “gay” hotel in Amsterdam — my usual response is to suggest booking any hotel you like; all hotels in Amsterdam are entirely gay friendly. A gay hotel here (and there are more than a few) has always seemed a bit unnecessary — unless one requires the specialized atmosphere and bondage-equipped [...]

Het Laatste Biertje

In Clay Doyle, Travel Journal on 9 November 2004 tagged Amsterdam, moving with no comments

In Amsterdam, out with friends for an evening, we’ll have a few sensible rounds of beer and eventually someone will suggest “het laatste biertje”. The last little beer has become something of a joke among my friends, for of course the last beer invariably produces an additional round and then another as each in turn [...]

Letter from Amsterdam

In Clay Doyle on 24 August 2004 tagged Amsterdam, Neatherlands, Weather with no comments

Back in Amsterdam for August, after my longest stay back in the US since coming here in 1998, exactly six years ago. After nine (unplanned) months in California, it was surprising how easy it was to settle back into life here on the Berenstraat. After two days it seemed as if I’d never been away. [...]

Amsterdam A to Zed OR 26 reasons to visit Amsterdam

In Articles, Clay Doyle on 11 April 2003 tagged Amsterdam, Food, gay, hotels, Neatherlands, shopping with no comments

Clay Doyle moved from Los Angeles to Amsterdam in 1998, intending to stay a year. He is still there. Here are some of the reasons why.. A is for Ambassade The worst thing about living in Amsterdam is that I have no longer have a reason to stay at the Ambassade—one of my favorite small [...]