Amsterdam: some impressions - by Noah Smith - Noahpinion

Travel-blogging from the perfect liberal city.

One of my little dreams was always to be one of those bloggers who takes a three-day trip to a new city and draws sweeping conclusions about society and politics and culture from walking around and seeing some tourists and eating in a couple of cafes. And now that dream has finally been realized! Ha. I kid. But since I was only in Amsterdam for three days (to see friends), I tried to look around and pay as much attention as I could, and perhaps formulate a few thoughts. If you run in educated liberal America circles (as I do), you find that Amsterdam is the one of the cities that everyone…

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