Personally, my experience wasn't that great since I was extremely ill while we were in Amsterdam, but that had nothing to do with Gijs - he was a great host and very attentive. You cannot beat the location for access to all the "fun" parts of Amsterdam - coffee shops, red light district, restaurants, tourist sites, etc. - yet at the same time the room in which we stayed remained relatively quiet and peaceful.

My only regret is that we only had 1.5 days in Amsterdam and that I was feeling too unwell to spend much time getting to know Gijs better.