Amsterdam - Grand Format

Catherine Le Nevez : Catherine's wanderlust kicked in when she first roadtripped across Europe, including Amsterdam, aged four, and she's been returning to this spirited, gezellig city ever since. completing her Doctorate of Creative Arts in Writing, Masters in Professional Writing, and post-grad qualifications in Editing and Publishing along the way. A freelance writer for many years, Catherine has written scores of Lonely Planet guides and articles over the last decade or so, covering Amsterdam.
the Netherlands and destinations all over Europe and beyond. For this guide Catherine also wrote Drinking & Nightlife and Shopping. Karla Zimmerman : Karla admired art, bicycled crash-free, ate an embarrassing quantity of frites and bent over to take her jenever like a local. She has been visiting Amsterdam since 1989, decades that have seen her trade space cakes for stroopwafels. to a much more pleasant effect.
She never tires of the city's bobbing houseboats, cling clinging bike bells and canal houses tilting at impossible angles. Karla writes travel features for books. magazines and online outlets. She has authored or co-authored several Lonely Planet guidebooks covering the USA. Canada, Caribbean and Europe.