In April, my wife and I took a trip to Europe. We set our sights on London and Amsterdam.

Here is a story about Amsterdam.

It is a beautiful city, first of all. If you have a chance to go, do it.

Amsterdam is famous for their, um, coffee. There are coffee shops everywhere.

I have had a lot of different types of coffee over the years. But, I heard that the coffee in Amsterdam is much stronger than any coffee that I have had in the United States.

Our first full day in Amsterdam, we went to a coffee shop to see what all of the fuss is about. We went into the first coffee shop that we saw. We stepped up to the counter and looked at the menu. The menu had varieties of coffee that I had never heard of. The barista came over and asked what kind of coffee we were looking for. Continue reading →