Club Reports: Casa Rosso, Bananenbar (Amsterdam)

By now you know that if we’re traveling we like to share entertainment choices in the various cities or ships we’re on. So here we were on the final morning of our whirlwind European journey that took us to Dublin, Prague, Warsaw and Brussels within 2 days. A late night repositioning train ride from Brussels to Amsterdam was then taken so we could take the nonstop flight back to Orlando.

Amsterdam has many amazing sights to see for the tourist but this was right outside my hotel next to Amsterdam Centraal Sation. It's a former bike parking garage which is now empty and will be torn down. Amsterdam and all of the Netherlands is famous for bicycle use. A new underground parking garage for bikes only has been constructed nearby!

My train ride from Brussels to Amsterdam arrived after midnight but there was still time to wander about the town. This is Amsterdam's famed red light district located only a block or so away from Dam Square. Most of those red lights you see in this picture are locations of working girls standing in their doorways. Photography of the girls is strictly prohibited.

You haven't really visited Amsterdam unless you see the live sex show at Casa Rosso. From 7PM to 2AM nightly, they offer a continuous series of about 8 themed skits. As we passed through after 2AM, the theater was sadly already dark. Tips from prior visits: 1) Don't sit in the first few rows; 2) the lesbian skit is only on weekend nights and 3) beware the gorilla. 

Bananenbar is nearby across the canal but was also already closed. Besides sex shows, there is no shortage of sex shops, peep shows, strip clubs and even a couple of interesting sex museums. Walking around the RLD at night is completely safe but you do need to watch for pickpockets.

In Amsterdam you're never far away from shops selling fresh-cut frites, even at 2AM.

Hot & fresh, served in a cone, so good! A dozen or so choices of sauces to pour over them but I like mine just salted. A good time was had by.....me!