So the lady at the gate wasn’t wrong…Amsterdam was the coziest city in the world. Its reign lasted two whole days. After our brief stay in Amsterdam, Mary and I headed to the newly crowned coziest city I have ever visited - Alkmaar - 25 miles northwest of Amsterdam, where we stayed for the remainder of our time in the Netherlands. Alkmaar made me feel like I was in “Belle,” the opening number from Beauty and the Beast,  in the best way! I felt like I was in a storybook, surro