Day 3
Another fantastic day! Yet again, we threw our plans out the window and decided to improvise. This morning we woke up and had a cheap breakfast of rolls and grapes that we bought from the AH right before the last platform at CS. We've also realized how easily you can go broke spending money around this town. It's outrageous in some places. Anyway, we ate breakfast and decided to go book a ridiculously touristy bus ride out to the windmills. Yes, it's somewhat sad but we need to take some pictures and such to appease the people at home who are unaware of our *ahem* hobbies
On many occasions before leaving we were asked, "Why did you choose Amsterdam??". Most of the time, we answered something to the effect of we're quite interested in the culture, art, and architecture...which we really
are, it's just REALLY nice that we happen to enjoy high grade pot as well and this is the place to get it!
After booking our tour I wanted to find HGF's seedshop. We're now becoming pretty familiar with navigating close to CS so we actually found it in about 4 minutes. We were proud
Unfortunately, they're closed on Sundays
There are a few other shops around, but the Sensi Seedbank is really the only other place I'd want to go. So we decided we'll have to stop by there tomorrow.
I know I said we probably wouldn't buy any gear today...*snicker*...umm, yeah...what the hell was I thinking??
Since we were only a few blocks away from
Grey Area why
shouldn't we stop in? Of course we did.
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The shop was empty! TBH, we were shocked. Everyone knows that GA is small, but it's actually really cosy and I fell in love with this place. The budtender (who is of course American) was SUPER nice and we felt the most comfortable in this shop...for obvious reasons. Visiting the shops run by locals is really nice and all, but after hitting the busier ones you start to see the trend of being judged poorly just for being an American. Hey, not all of us are here for bachelor parties and sex...we know what shops are worth it and where to go! We're stopping by your shops because you're good not because we're lost! Geez! Sorry...anyway, the purchases were LA Woman at 13e/g and Chocolope at 12e/g. Here's the LA Woman:
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It smells AMAZING and is compact and sticky. Brilliant.
And the Chocolope:
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Another ridiculously good smelling bud. Smells pretty fruity...I'll be surprised if it really tastes of chocolate.
Oh, before I forget...to sing more praises of GA; this was the
only shop that allowed us to purchase 1/2 grams AND the
only shop that let us take a picture of the menu!
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I know a lot of people aren't fans of GA, but if I were fortunate enough to reside in Amsterdam I would try my best to make it to this shop as frequently as possible. We really wanted some t-shirts, but he was out at the time, so we bought a few other branded things to brag about when we got home. Plus, I wanted to spend a few more euros here because of how we were treated.
After scoring at GA, we decided to head down and try and find that damn frite place again. This time, being sober probably helped as we found it immediately upon arriving in the area around
Dampkring. Speaking of the shop, we snapped a pic:
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We got a large and small frite from the VlemincksX...and let me say, holy shit were they good! They were seriously awesome. We keep getting them with mayo, though...and I'm wondering what would be better. Suggestions?
After finishing the frites, we decided to again try and find Boom Chicago. Again, being sober was probably advantageous as we found the shop right as we got to the area I had marked before. We signed up for a cruise on Tuesday morning at 10:30. Unfortunately, we were the only two signed up and all other slots for the day were full! If they don't have more than 4 people they may cancel the cruise
So we're going to stop by there before Tuesday and make sure some more people have signed up. I rolled a Cheese joint especially for our cruise so I hope we get to take it!
We were relieved to have found Boom Chicago and the St. Nicolas tour so thought we would reward ourselves by heading over to
Basjoes! As we walked up we were a little disappointed because the tables out front were taken but saw that the shop was literally empty. "Oh, well.", we thought, "We'll get something anyway and sit at the window." I had remembered the Orange Bud being recommended for a nice up and happy high so thought we'd grab a gram of that. At 7e/g it is a fantastic deal! We rolled up about 3/4 of the gram in to one of those preroll cones that you see all over the place and it worked awesome! Not only that, but as I was grinding up the OB, TWO tables were vacated outside! We took our gear out to one of the tables and got completely baked whilst watching people stroll by.
Basjoes is in such a beautiful spot as well. We loved sitting there watching people and boats cruise by on the canal directly across the street. It was just a brilliant time. I loved this shop. OH, and I didn't even realize until AFTER we bought our gear that it was James who was working! He was so laid back that I didn't expect it to be him! I was envisioning this crazy character who stood out, not this super chill guy who just kind of strolled around with ease as though the world could be nothing but perfect. I wish we would have spoken with him a bit.....guess we'll have to go back *shrug*
Here's the Orange Bud:
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It was a great smoke. Looked a bit strange but tasted great and was plenty strong enough to keep us high for a good couple of hours. We lit up around 7pm and we were still laughing our asses off at around 8:50 or so on the train back to Schipol
Sitting in front of
Basjoes, we get down to the last couple of pulls left on the joint and suddenly I can't get that damn Pad Thai out of my head from the first day! I was so motivated to find the place again that I left what was left of the jay in the ashtray! Oh well *shrug*...maybe somebody was brave enough to finish it
Soaring, we headed for the Asian district and actually found the Thai Snack Bar with almost no problem! We immediately order the Pad Thai with chicken (again) and waited. It came out in about 10 minutes in which we watched the insane people walking around. There were some pretty freaky sights to be seen......and it was fantastic
Oh, we also saw this building on the way to get Thai and loved it:
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We took our Thai over to the Jordaan and ate on the canal in front of
Siberie. Didn't go in...but enjoyed the music from outside
After we finished our food, we headed back over to CS and came back here. It's been quite the successful day again...and I'm already dreading our last two days
SO...I
think we're done buying gear. We have a good amount now and it's going to be an adventure trying to finish it! We've realized now that staying at a big hotel is annoying if you're a smoker. Blowing smoke out the window and worrying about the damn smoke detector in the room really is a buzzkill. We'd go outside to light up but with some of the shit we're smoking I don't know if we'd make it back up to the room!
To make it worse, our room faces to the inside of the hotel and overlooks this damn Patio Restaurant that people sit in and drink/eat at until like 1am
We are absolutely getting an apartment and staying down in the city next time. Today we actually made the comment to each other that we'd be able to smoke a lot more if we had a place to go back to close by. Live and learn, right? Plus, it's just another good excuse to come back
Tomorrow is our touristy garbage. Although, I do actually want to see the Van Gogh museum. That'll be cool at least. Hopefully, I'll have something interesting to report back with
After you describing it, though...we're definitely much more certain about it! It honestly sounds perfect. I rolled a little Cheese joint (or attempted to at least) just in case we can go today 
