I am heading for Amsterdam in mid-May. I will be spending 4 nights in the city (de Pijp neighborhood) then will take the train to Gent for two nights, then back to Amsterdam for another 4 nights in de Pijp.
The first half of my stay I will be spending in the city itself, visiting museums, sightseeing, dining, etc. The second half (after Belgium), I will be taking day trips - north of Amsterdam, possibly Utrecht, Delft, Leiden and den Hague and Harlaam. For that period, I will probably get the Amsterdam & Region Travel Ticket.
However, I'm trying to figure out what to do about the first half. Originally, I had planned on using TripKey and that is no longer an option. It's been 8 years since I've last been to Europe - I used to travel every couple of years and would walk everyplace. However, grandchildren arrived and I've been spending most vacations with family. Now I'm 63 and while I'm reasonably active, I'm not sure I'll have the stamina to keep up the walking pace that I used to have. So I guess what I'm asking is this - I'd like to be able to walk around as much as possible, but will probably need to rely on a couple of trams, buses or metro trains each day. I would prefer not to have to get the OV-chipkaart, which sounds somewhat cumbersome - is there some other option? I heard about the OV paper ticket, but I'm not sure how that works - or what the cost is.
Any advice would be appreciated - thanks so much!
Mardee