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http://inlinethumb52.webshots.com/46067/2479919010086114710S500x500Q85.jpg another shot of the dragons of Deventer ...as I pack up and get ready to move on to Groningen via Bourtange ...I'm still amazed at the crowd and festivities in Deventer ...the Brink was packed (bigger than the Grote Markt in...

There be Dragons in Deventer ...I've never seen anything like it



and here's a menu from one of the Coffeeshops

We're not having problems with people speaking English out here in the provinces ...seems most of them want to try out what they learned in school ...and in the case of the Frisian lady at the Boomsma distillery , she wanted so to to talk about the USA, she kept pulling one bottle after the other ou...

In Zutphen the bells all ring at five till the hour ... Which is good if you're meant to be meeting someone at CS Plein 48 at 10 and you're too busy gawking at the sunset over the Ijssel. http://inlinethumb06.webshots.com/48005/2738484650086114710S500x500Q85.jpg anyway ...back to Leeuwarden ...had a...

http://inlinethumb63.webshots.com/47230/2550120470086114710S500x500Q85.jpg Mata Hari beat us to Zutphen ...that's OK ,she left the Pink door unlocked to the clandestine smoking balcony on top of the Eden ...best menu we've come across here is at the Zoo http://inlinethumb01.webshots.com/33664/29845...

http://inlinethumb13.webshots.com/46924/2988099620086114710S425x425Q85.jpg After tending this kitty for 10 days or so in Amsterdam...its out on the road for us ...Thought we were getting a FIAT bravo , but we get to the SIXT office by Centraal Station , and they say- How about a BMW instead ? ...OK...

If you find yourself near Spui ...this one deserves to be checked out Nice refurb inside ...nice new menu http://inlinethumb58.webshots.com/45753/2220406270086114710S500x500Q85.jpg ...friendly staff ...anxious to show/discuss their products http://inlinethumb41.webshots.com/45608/2710834090086114710...

open Sunday morning ....lemon kush was our first Amsterdam weed of this trip, a nice welcome to Amsterdam ...renovations , ongoing ... the space is nice , whatever they do .

Hows the HS Special these days ? ...Hope to be finding out myself by the weekend .

Lets look at the NL Governments recent "Big changes" in the CS scene - I would pick the alcohol ban (was that 07?), and the no- smoking laws July 1, 08)...How much lead time was given in those implementations ? Seems like many months ... Maybe that will give us an idea on how quickly this ...

The Tropen out by the Dapperstraat Market...interior space alone is trippy enough for a visit, then you see the cool exhibits ...more history than art. Nearest CS -Happy People at the Singel (why are there 2 singels ?) end of the market.

Bump to the top ,in case some local doesn't know what to do with their Sunday Afternoon

Enjoying the report , looks like the weather co-operated for the ceremony .Great you guys could do that together , sorta what a forum is all about... the Deventer shots look like the drearies moved in .But some nice angles there Bleak for the funky old building on the Brink . Is that haunted house l...

Dave - What 's your take on Glory ? ...Hope to find ourselves there next month .

Have visited CSes in these NL cities/towns- Maastricht, Vlissingen, Middelburg, Goes, Breda, DenBosch, Delft, AMS,Haarlem,Alkmaar,Hoorn,Harlingen,Zutphen,Deventer,Assen,Enschede,Zwolle,Drachten,Leeuwarden,Sneek, Groningen,Winschotten,Utrecht,Amersfoort... with Leeuwarden having the best scene outsid...