navigating on foot

One of the things I could have used on our trip last week was a GPS tracking system. I normally have an excellent sense of direction, but Amsterdam is a confusing city! The streets are narrow and winding in most cases, there are alleys with storefronts and restaurants that don’t appear on maps, and when you throw in canals and bridges on every other block, things tend to get a wee bit confusing. To our cab driver’s credit, he made it from the airport to our hotel in 20 minutes flat, without a GPS vehicle tracking system, quickly navigating down the one way streets of the red light district. Of course, he did charge us a pretty penny for the ride - about 60 Euros!

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  1. Tim on January 29th, 2008

    How sick am I? I have two GPS programs on my phone.

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