{"id":546,"date":"2010-08-19T08:02:46","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T12:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.apostrophicseasons.com\/journal\/?p=546"},"modified":"2017-09-08T10:47:33","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T10:47:33","slug":"amsterdam-reflections-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/2010\/08\/19\/amsterdam-reflections-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Amsterdam Reflections | Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: MEDIUM;\"><strong> Amsterdam | Reflections <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part I<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/imagegallery?g2_itemId=895\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-555\" title=\"Amsterdam_NL_2010\" src=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amsterdam was always elusive to me. Everyone around the world conceive it to be the Europe&#8217;s best place for all kinds of inebriating activities. No doubt about that. A place with varied colors, although they sport Orange most of the times, Amsterdam offers sumptuous sites which drive you crazy. Although the inner city gives you a-few-decades older look, coloring the town with much less grandiose. Most parts of the Old districts of Amsterdam are built on the banks of the Canals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/imagegallery?g2_itemId=886\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-560\" title=\"Amsterdam_NL_2010\" src=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_009.jpg 989w, https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_009-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/imagegallery?g2_itemId=874\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-558\" title=\"Amsterdam_NL_2010\" src=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_003.jpg 725w, https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_003-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Canals in Amsterdam are interlinked in a varied fashion. Canal Water Transport is the most economical way to meet ends. Of the famous Canals Singel and Keizersgracht are the most historic and interesting ones. Once upon a time in Europe,  Water Transport through these canals was the most sought travel mode to other countries around.<\/p>\n<p>KEIZERSGRACHT<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/imagegallery?g2_itemId=877\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-568\" title=\"Amsterdam_NL_2010\" src=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_004.jpg 989w, https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_004-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/imagegallery?g2_itemId=898\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-576\" title=\"Amsterdam_NL_2010\" src=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSINGEL<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/imagegallery?g2_itemId=883\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-570\" title=\"Amsterdam_NL_2010\" src=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_008.jpg 989w, https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_008-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/imagegallery?g2_itemId=904\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-578\" title=\"Amsterdam_NL_2010\" src=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_016.jpg 725w, https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_016-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keizersgracht and Singel Canals in Amsterdam are amongst the most beautiful canals of Central Amsterdam. The small bridges across them give a very different look to the ever-busy business region of Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p>GOUDEN BOCHT | GOLDEN BEND<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/imagegallery?g2_itemId=901\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-565\" title=\"Amsterdam_NL_2010\" src=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_015.jpg 725w, https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_015-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This canal served as the most Economical Water Transport during late 1800s. Ofcourse a lot has changed now and this has become nothing but a rare tourist attraction. Rare because, no one really seems to be interested to visit this bend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/imagegallery?g2_itemId=869\"> AMSTERDAM 2010 PART 1 GALLERY <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amsterdam | Reflections Part I Amsterdam was always elusive to me. Everyone around the world conceive it to be the Europe&#8217;s best place for all kinds of inebriating activities. No doubt about that. A place with varied colors, although they sport Orange most of the times, Amsterdam offers sumptuous sites which drive you crazy. Although&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,39,20,26],"tags":[64,101,102,126,187],"class_list":["post-546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amsterdam","category-netherlands","category-reflections","category-travel","tag-canals","tag-golden-bend","tag-gouden-boucht","tag-keizersgracht","tag-singel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1778,"href":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions\/1778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}