by, Jan RossAnd so it begins.We grabbed our suitcases and headed for the MS AmaLegro, the AmaWaterways river cruise ship which was berthed right near our Amsterdam hotel. The day was gray, cloudy and cold (welcome to Amsterdam in the fall!) and the warm, golden...

By, Jan RossYou know what? There are no overweight people in Amsterdam. At least, none that we saw in our journeying around today. That's probably because virtually everyone in Amsterdam rides a bicycle. There are approximately 750,000 people living in Amsterdam and over 1,000,000 bicycles....

By, Jan Ross The Auberge Bonaparte is one of those hotels. You know the ones I mean. Those hotels you see in movies and TV shows, those hotels that you enter through a discreet and classy door on a hidden side street into an intimate and beautifully furnished...