I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo.

It's a amateur traveler episode 788. Today the Amateur Traveler talks about canals and

kayaking apple pies and bikes, windmills and old masters as we go to Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Let's talk about

Amsterdam. I'd like to welcome to the show Jessica from a wanderlust for life.com and

Jessica has come to talk to us about Amsterdam.

Jessica is a travel blogger and

youtuber who puts out a lot of content about this beautiful city where she lives

Jessica welcome to the show.

Thank you, Chris. Thank you so much for having me.

It's an amazing city and I'm so happy to be talking about it with you today.

And what is your connection with Amsterdam?

I mentioned you will live there now?

Yes. We've moved here, my husband and I in 2014.

We are from United States, from and one day we did the crazy thing

have sold everything picked up and moved over here and it was a very very crazy

thing to do that was very rewarding in the end.

Excellent. And why should someone else come to Amsterdam in the Netherlands?

I think a lot of people have a lot of preconceived notions about Amsterdam in regards to maybe Sin City kind of things and I think people should visit here because it is more than you can ever imagine.

There's so much more to do from stunning architecture

to museums, to the food, to the parks,

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