Diewert is a fantastic and attentive host. From the moment we booked the room, he kept in touch and provided all the information we needed to ensure a comfortable stay. The room is quiet and peacefully located in his waterside home where you wake to a dawn chorus of ducks and other river birds. You are only five minutes walk from Westerstraat, where there are a variety shops and quality restaurants - and apple pie at Winkel - the best in Amsterdam apparently although you may have to queue such is its reputation! From there, you traverse the canals and on into the centre of town. Everywhere is accessible by foot, cycle, boat, pedallo, pedicab, etc: whatever takes your fancy. Diewert is great at providing suggestions and local information. All in all a wonderful stay and we are already looking forward to going back to Amsterdam.