The Best and the Worst

The best things about Amsterdam (in no particular order):

1. Language - Nearly everyone speaks English. No problem understanding or being understood.
2. Public Transportation - Plenty of ways to get around. Trams, cabs, buses, trains, and boats. Not to mention bicycles and horse carriages.
3. Food - Wide variety of Asian and European restaurants, and let's not forget the delicious cheese.
4. Friendly People - And because most of them speak English, they don't mind striking up a conversation with you.
5. Things to do - Museums, day trips, sitting at an outdoor cafe watching the world go by.
6. Cats hang out in cafes - What can I say? I love cats.

The worst things about Amsterdam (again in no particular order):

1. Steep staircases - I know the narrow canal houses are part of the charm, but those stairs killed my knees.
2. The Red Light District - I suppose this is part of the charm as well, but half the girls looked like caged animals scanning the crowds for someone to rescue them, and the other half were bored to tears and playing with their cell phones. And what's with the "no photographs"? If you don't want someone to photograph you, don't stand in the window in your underwear.
3. The airport - Set up differently from every other airport I've ever been in. Security is at the gate. You're lulled into sitting around and having lunch without allowing yourself enough time to clear security and get to your gate.
4. Breakfast - Average at best and most of them didn't hit the average mark.
5. Long lines - Seems there was always a line to get into most of the museums. It's hard to see them all because you can only get in if you're there before they open. So seeing one in the morning and another in the afternoon is fairly impossible.

Looks like the good outnumbered the bad! The sign of a successful trip.