Originally Posted by
MichaelBrighton
My wife is Japanese, but can read and speak English (although not nearly as well as the OP), but hardly a word of Dutch. She can easily get around Schiphol without any confusion.
I find it interesting and revealing that the OP hasn't even spelled the name of the airport correctly.
Sorry about the spelling gaffe.
I don't doubt that your Japanese wife knows Schiphol like the back of her hand, given she is your wife then she probably uses AMS much more often than i either have or am likely to.
I have twice alluded that my considering the airport to be "sucky" is because it is not an intuitive place to arrive at as a casual visitor and that it would not take much effort to iron out the suckiness. I am sure that after a couple more visits I would have the place licked.