While on my trip to Amsterdam last week, I stopped in a few internet cafes to get my email fix. More than once, I was tempted to take the trackball out of a mouse and clean it, but I resisted. (Why are even sold anymore? Optical is the way to go, baby!) Prices for the internet were generally good in The Netherlands, ranging from FREE at the small cafe immediately next to the Anne Frank House (as long as you were a paying customer) to 2 euros for an hour at a internet cafe on Damrak.

The priciest internet on my whole trip was back in the good old US of A at the Dulles airport in Washington D.C. With an hour plus to kill before my flight back to Tampa, I was excited to find an internet kiosk, but not too excited when I realized the internet access would cost me 40 cents per MINUTE!

Needless to say, I declined.