Thanks firstly to all who post as this enabled me to target one coffee shop and have an excellent idea of what I was going purchase and smoke in the miserly 24hrs I had in Amsterdam!
Our train arrived at just after 9.00pm and after catching a cab from a very rude driver to the hotel, we showered and bee-lined straight for Barney's Lounge. Here I purchased 1g each of Utopia Haze and Laughing Buddha. Checked out the bongs which were sparkling clean and asked to use one. This was no problem and the bud tender placed the wire gauze in the bottom, filled with water and away I went to relax and try some of the wares I had just purchased.
First up was the Laughing Buddha, the smell reminded me sooo much of my younger days of growing sativa's in the blistering summer sun. Pulling apart the smell exploded and my fingers became sticky from the resin drops that covered the bud. Even my wife who doesn't wmoke though it smelt great and you could see she was getting excited by the fact I was about to blow my brain apart...
I filled the cone in the bong to a reasonable sized first up smoke! The first cone went down really well and was super smooth...upon exhale what was I to do but of course blow it in my wifes general direction who was video recording on her pocket digital! I then partook in a 2nd and 3rd cone by which time I was feeling the effects of a strong heady and smiley stone overcome me! At this point I felt it was about to time to seek some visual stimulation by going for a walk with map in hand.
We both walked a bit by which time I discovered the map was useless as I was too stoned to try and figure out where we were. At about this time my wife seemed to be laughing longer than usual at my now really bizaar sense of humour. Upon asking here about he state of mind she said that she felt like she was walking on clouds....Well I said you are whacked as well and I wondered whyy you were laughing!!! At this point we stopped off and had a beer. Whilst sitting on the stools I could see my wife hanging onto the stool. She said she had to cause it felt like it was off the ground.
This was all quite amazing really as she had only had passive smoke....Anyways we stumbled around the RLD for a while, sat in a few bars and watched the girls and "boys" sell their wares. Several times we heard the price of 50 Euro...have no idea what that was for! LOL
We then found our way to a cab as there is no way I could find where we were and navigate us back to Barney's. The cab driver found his way to Barney's as I had marked it on the map just in case! We made it before closing and I partook in another cone of LB and my wife by this time was back under control and didn't want anymore passive stone LOL.
The next day was off to Barney's to try the Utopia Haze using a bong again (My prefered weapon of choice!). The Utopia Haze was a similar but somewhat deeper stone. You could tell it was sativa or sativa dominant but didn't make the tongue tingle and make the corners of the mouth lift like the LB did! My wife although interested didn't want to do passive so she insisted I exhale in another direction whilst she stood near the door.
At this point I purchased a cap and asked the bud tender if he would roll me a small joint of each. He was very accomodating and rolled 2 perfect joints for later consumption. We walked past a cheese shop and looked at their wares and then decided we would come past later for some cheese and condiments for lunch. Then off to the wine shop to see what they had to have with the cheese. Found a nice white and the owner was very accomodating placing the wine in the fridge until we returned.
We then walked around taking in the sights whilst I cruised on a rather light stone compared from the UH compared to the LB. At which point I decided to find a bar and have a beer and sit outside. I asked the owner if I could have a joint. His first response was no but after bringing our beers he said go for it. So after the UH I decided to get stuck into the LB.
Now that's better, my type of weed, heady, strong but still really cruisey!
We sat back watching the world pass by for a few beers. Then it was time to head back to pick up some cheese etc and the wine. We found a nice spot by the canal, drank the wine and ate some wonderful cheese and condiments whilst I enjoyed my state of mind and body.
With lunch done and running out of time we headed back to Barney's Lounge for a last few cones of LB. By this time I was fully stoned and decided that I should purchase something different to smoke before leaving the Netherlands. The bud tender suggested Red Diesel, so I purchsed a gram and asked for it to be rolled into a small joint and the rest I wouldn't be needing as I had to go. Again the joint was perfectly rolled.
Away we went back to the hotel to collect our bags and catch out train. On the last stop before Germany I jumped off the train with the joint of RD in hand, lit and ripped as much into me in the 2 minute stop we had! Then discarded what was left and returned to the train. Within a few minutes I realised that this was a real deep cruisey stone that was less heady but a really good manageable stone that would just keep powering for hours. Yeehar!
It was unfortunate that I only had 24hrs and my wife was quitely jealous that she didn't partake in more passive stoning! However in future our first and last port of call in Europe with be the Dam with a few days each time to enable us to chill.
I have a pic of the Laughing Buddha and Utopia Haze (None of the Red Diesel due to time constraints) but don't know how to insert a pic???
Cheers
Finney
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