I spent 8 days touring the Netherlands during the Christmas and New Year period. Let me talk about it, starting from my first destination. I departed from Munich on an overnight train on Christmas night, and arrived in Amsterdam the next morning. Sharing the same cabin with me on the train was a group of 5 from Slovenia. We had some lively conversations, and just before reaching Amsterdam I asked them to exchange some Slovenian euro coins with me. Slovenia joined the euro zone last year, and since then its euro coins have attracted interest from everyone they come across with. Those Slovenian tourists joked that their own euro coins may well disappear from their own soil if Slovenians keep giving out those coins to the foreigners! My very first impression on Amsterdam came from the very steep staircases, from the hotel I stayed to all the older buildings around the city. While the original purpose is to maximise floor space, I'm sure the stairs wouldn't be much appreciated by t...