A lot of things I could tell, but I'm a little tired and need to sleep ;-) enough to say that first night in Amsterdam, wandering without purpose and not following any guide, guess in what neightborhood I ended in? let me say there were a lot of rainbow flag ;-)
I spent a few weeks in Amsterdam and only left to see the Berlin Wall go tumbling down. What a time that was, the winter of 1989. I don't know which I miss the most, the 'prostitutes' of Amsterdam or the Berlin Wall disappearing for good. In a way, there is a longing for that time.
Amsterdam