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reminds me of the first time i got to a'dam..what a feeling, also reminds me of my second time in the dam when i very nearly whiteyed in abraxas, after a load of smoke already smoked, i bought 2 grams of abraxas lemon and smoked the shit out of it, would have ended up on the floor too except for my g'friend noticed i was slippin lower and lower and made me get up and go for fresh air, it was like learning how to walk again!! looking forward to reading more!!

great story have fun out there ^^

Not to veer off topic but I wonder if anyone has ever faked a whiteout in order to score a free Looza.

Saw some young dude straight hit the floor in Grey Area and, as you said, the staff in these shops seem to go about the whole ordeal as if it's standard procedure. No sweat, just get him a drink, bring him outside for some air and keep the line moving.

Enjoy your time out there M4M!

I experienced the same "Oh Shit, what did I do?" feeling halfway through my first J in 420 Cafe after we first arrived too. If it wasn't for that strawberry waffle staring at me from the bakery across the street I may have hit the floor my damn self.

That combo of no sleep/no food can be dangerous.

worth a tryout next time hahahaha ^^

Your whiteout story cracked me up because the exact same thing happened to my husband on his first trip to the dam with me in 2003. James and I were chatting about this phenomenon and he seemed to indicate that it happened ALL the time (especially during tourist season). He also didn't seem to mind much about it or be irritated when it happened, so don't worry!

That's why I recommend starting at Greenhouse lounge where you can eat along with your weed. Smoke some great stuff!

Thank you all so much for the replies

We're heading out soon to start Day 2...a bit late, though. It's almost 3pm It was difficult to get to sleep last night and we woke up around 1:30pm today. At least it doesn't get dark until around 10pm or so!

Today should be less eventful. We're off to do some touristy stuff and better familiarize ourselves with the layout of the city. Maybe hit up Amnesia No falling over today........hopefully

^^Good to hear your still alive

Have a good time

lol good to hear your doing ok and having fun!

look forward to hearing how you make out in day 2

haha. Well I can't say I'm surprised for you, it sounds like you didn't properly prepare yourself for a cannavaction!

I'll be drinking a bloody mary on my first plane tomorrow. Second plane, I'll take an Ambien & Sleep from Dallas to Amsterdam.

Find something to eat as I get my first smoke in to prevent any of these "whiteouts?" lol . Also we're starting in Haarlem opposed to Amsterdam. I think it will be best to ease my girlfriend into our cannavaction there first.

metal4mullets wrote:No falling over today........hopefully

well you have been there and done that, so you won't need to do it again anyway

hope your trip goes well from here ... once the new sleep and meal patterns kick in things should be smoother for you ...

Have a great trip. sounds like hippy is a great guy. I definately want to meet him the next time IM over. cheers

Day 2

What a great fuckin' day!! Excuse my language please, but it was truly such an amazing day. We loved every second of it. Damn...we have to figure out how to relocate *shaking head*. Anyway...

So we started our day off by taking our usual route to CS via the train from Schipol. We were hungry as hell so we got a muffin from Starbucks of all places It was a decent representation of what a Lemon Poppyseed muffin should be I suppose. After grabbing the muffin, we decided that since it's freakin' mid-afternoon we should eat lunch/breakfast....well, lunch. Then I remembered...BURGER BAR! Boner...damn you, man...that place is so good it's evil! We've already decided we have to get a burger from there again. Seriously...amazing fuckin' burgers.

Full on burgers that were so good we're convinced Satan made them we walked right past Coffeeshop Ben. I remembered that TC had recommended the Lemon Haze so we thought, "Why not?". Stepping through the door you realize this place is TINY. My fiance got ID'd...whatever *shrug*. She looks damn young I suppose. We didn't mind being carded at all...but the female budtender was quite unfriendly and treated us like we were bothering her. Wouldn't sell half grams and all their pre-rolls weren't even close to what we wanted. Took a look and sniff of the Lemon Haze and was disappointed, unfortunately. We decided to skip purchasing there as we're not going to spend a ton more on gear and this place just bothered us.

Putting Ben behind us, we decided to stroll through the Jordaan and look for Grey Area and Amnesia. GA was packed...as one would expect on a Saturday so we decided we'll come back during the week. Fortunately, Amnesia is right around the corner and up the block.

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This place was also pretty full but we were determined to get some quality gear. The interior of the shop is actually really nice. We loved the decor and the general feeling of the place. I'd like to come back and chill in there when it's not so busy. They wouldn't let us take a pic of the menu...possibly because of how packed it was *shrug*. After perusing it I kept coming back to the Pink Kush. Upon mentioned it out loud, another American about 10 feet away spun around and gave us the thumbs up sign. "I REALLY like the Pink Kush, man. You can't go wrong!", he told us. I asked to see it and as soon as my nose got a foot away from the bin I almost had an orgasm. It...smelled...UNBELIEVABLE. Hold on...I have to go smell it again.........okay, damn it. We have to hit that soon. Anyway, here's a pic:

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It was 14e/g and I can't praise it enough for it's smell and texture. It is Kushariffic....I can't wait to taste it!! I'm sure we'll be knocked out so I decided to post this up beforehand

We also purchased a mild preroll which honestly was garbage. More on that later.

So we made our purchases at Amnesia and decided to stroll down to the Leidseplein and look for the boat tours and such. We located the Blue Boat tours which we're going to book an evening cruise on sometime during the week.

After finding the tour, we decided to cross the street and stroll around the Vondelpark. The park was packed as well but was still beautiful and had some really cool things going on. We stopped and watched a duo playing the guitar and violin under a tram bridge and it was excellent. Great acoustics there. After listening for a bit we found an empty bench overlooking a pond with some ducks lazily swimming around. We pulled our preroll out that we got at Amnesia. It was about 90% tobacco and gave us only the subsequent tobacco buzz. Horrible. My fiance and I both dislike tobacco so we were disappointed...but we took responsibility for the experiment as I did ask for a mild preroll. It SURE was "Wait a sec! We brought the rest of that Silver Pearl joint right?". YES. WE. DID! I did take a few hits off it at the hotel during the night to try and sleep so I wasn't scared to hit it here at the park. We lit that badboy up and took a good 4-6 hits a piece. Again, it tasted awesome and was a great hazy high. This time...no whiteout Here's a pic of what's left of the SP:

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At 10e/g it's a steal, IMO. After we upped our tolerance a bit the first day the SP didn't punch me in the face like the first time but it's still quite strong. As I said before, it's a nice hazy head high which crept down a bit to my shoulders. Speaking of creeping...the SP is just that. We took our 5 hits or so and were thinking, "Geez...did we build a tolerance that fast??". Five minutes later...we were soaring. It made us jump off the bench and exclaim, "We need frites!!".

On the way out of the park we spotted this awesome old high school which seems to be a hostel now:

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We loved to just look at this place and found it quite interesting. Onward to food!

I really wanted to find that frite place that Boner is always talking about so we headed for Dampkring as it's just up the street...or so I thought. We couldn't find it anywhere!! Boner, if you fill me in that'd be great becuase we cirlced that area for a good half hour or so with no success. We were still pretty baked but were completely functional as well. So we decided to grab a falafel for dinner instead. It was actually really good! It was my first ever and I was fairly impressed for something that's so chain-like.

After eating, it was started to get dark so we decided to try and make our back to CS. Damn...this place can get confusing! We got turned around a few times but eventually I just decided, "Look, the sun is going down over there so this has to be North. Let's go!" Walking around like this has become just way too much fun. And it also helps us run unexpectedly run in to places like this:

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Basjoes! We looked in the window and it was STILL packed...at almost 10pm! James was working so I was QUITE tempted to stop in and make a purchase...but we're going to have trouble finishing what we have, unfortunately. Maybe tommorow.......

After passing Basjoes, we kept heading North and ended up right in front of CS! What an amazing place to be lost in hippy mentioned yesterday that the layout is great because you just keep going in circles...and it works! We headed all the way down to the train for Schipol and decided to grab some groceris from the AH for breakfast and snacks as well.

Now we're back, it's late as hell and I'm not all that tired *sigh*. Hmm....where's that Pink Kush?

One last pic from our adventure today. Whilst flying on the SP, we walked through a square somewhere and thought that this was just too damn cool for school:

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OH...and here's a pic of the Cheese. Sorry for the bad pic...and the Cheese got a little smushed in the bag

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Ok...NOW I'm done. Can't wait for tomorrow!!

EDIT: For some reason I can't get the image tags to work...hmm. I hope you don't mind clicking for pictures *sigh*.

EDIT 2: Damn! I forgot to put this picture up. We bought a couple of lighters our very first day and I personally pick this one:

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I thought it was PERFECT because the cow is out cold with his legs in the air...JUST LIKE I WAS AT HGF THE FIRST DAY!! LMAO! It couldn't have been more perfect...and it was a bit prophetic, if I do say so myself

Hey M4M not even finished reading the post yet but have to reply to tell you this!!!

Please go for the St Nicolaas Boat Club if you are going on a cruise, its cheap (technically free) and friendly (smoker friendly) but more importantly use small historic boats. They unlike the other tour boats do not cause horrible congestion by using boats too big for the canals, this means you can see places the commercial boats cannot! (like under amsterdam's lowest bridge, duck!!) You will get a relaxed tour with friendly people, you will be able to smoke and drink as you please and best of all the locals will love you for not choosing a monster which causes all of the congestion on the beautiful canals.

Just sign-up in Boom Chicago in Leidseplein but if i have not convinced you check out their website.
www.amsterdamboatclub.com

Obviously I dont care which you choose but this option for my money was a million times better than sitting behind plexi-glass listening to a bored guide through a speaker......

Good report mate, I have noticed many american visitors being disappointed when they order a pre-roll. Yes pre-rolls are made with tobacco as is the tradition in europe (due to the tradition of smoking hash most likely)

What you want is a 'Pure' joint or a 'Reefer'

Getting lost really is part of the experience and if you are stoned enough great fun. The best part is some how you always end up near Dam Sq

Hey, great reading so far!

Sorry about your white out, but glad you rebounded nicely.

Also sad that BEN wasn't a good experience, but I remember that budtender and she did look like a wench at first. I think we bought a lot from there and that changed her demeanor... but that shouldn't matter to her. That is Ben's loss and you've found other great places.

Veeeeeeeeeeeeeeery envious right now... especially since I'm away from home right now for three weeks without any smoke.

I am living vicariously through this trip report!