We initially stayed at Micha's apartement for 5 days after flying into Amsterdam from San Francisco, then took a 3 day excursion to Chamonix, France to see the French Alps. On our way back we stayed another night at Micha's apartment to rest before our flight back to San Francisco. This extra day worked out very well for us as we were familiar with the apartment and proximity to nearby shopping and Bijlmer Arena train station making our journey back to Schiphol Airport easy and fast, in 15 minutes and 2 stops away.