When considering Amsterdam, its famous red-light district and the coffee shops where cannabis is smoked, you may assume it’s less than an ideal city to visit with young children. You would be wrong. »

A huge tourist draw, Amsterdam’s notorious Red Light district is under scrunity by Dutch authorities »

Amsterdam is famous for a lot of things, not the least of which are its more than two dozen world-class museums. A house-sitting gig meant I had a month to tour them, try the cafes, peek at the Red Light District and, most importantly, attempt to live as if I were a local — the way I always prefer to experience new destinations, versus 8-cities-in-10-days tours. »