Couple of hours in Amsterdam
Posted: Sat 26th Sep 2009 10:19 am
I had a six hour layover in Amsterdam so I decided to go venture out and see what I get into. I landed at Schipol and walked off the plane at 700 and was walking out of Centraal by 730. I knew most coffeeshops were closed at this time but i knew a couple of them would be open. I remember reading the barney was open kinda early so I strike out down Damrak. I figure I would walk by 420 just to see if it was open but I kinda figured it would not be. As expected it was closed. I start walking in the general direction of Barney from there. I am walking and this smell just hits me. BINGO! I found one. I look around and see Coffee Shop Ben. I thought I had read that this place was pretty decent. I walk in and there in this beautiful budtender in there. I was like cool my fave things, beautiful women and herb. Well I look over the menu. I ask her what which of te best had the best flavor at this time. She recommended the Amensia. I picked up a gram. Well I walk back to the smoke room. Not huge smoke room but it was comfortable. Well I have a pipe and it is not working. Plus I am thinking of a way to start a conversation with the budtender. Well I never learned how to roll a joint the eurpean way so I ask her to show me. She was very nice and said sure. She asked me how much I wanted to grind up and use I told her to grind up the the whole gram. She asked me if I was sure. I said yes the whole gram. Well she took me step by step on how the roll the joint. She gives me my joint and I walk back to smoke room and smoke my joint. The Amensia was a nice tasting. High was ok not too strong but ok. I finish my joint and and I am trying to get back the courage to go flirt with the budtender again. Well I walk back up there and start to look at the menu again. I ask her what her fave strain at the time was. She said the SSH was her fave at this time. I like SSH plus it being the early morning good sativa dominant strain would be good for me to start my day. She hands me my gram and says it is my turn to roll a joint. So I begin to roll this joint of SSH and she is giving me pointers. So I roll my joint and ask her if it is okay if I can smoke it in the front room since it is a pure joint. She says yes. So I smoke my joint and flirt with her for the next hour or so. The SSh was a nice tasting smoke. The high was a clear head type high. Just what I was lookig for to start my day. It is 1000 by now and I figure I need to head back to Schipol to get on my plane. I knew this trip was gonna be a good one when it started like that. I told her I was see her again in a couple of days when I am back in Amsterdam. I would recommend this shop to anyone looking a for a comfy shop with a good looking budtender to flirt with. Looking forward to being back in the Dam for a couple of days. I will be there from the 28 to the 1st if anyone would like to get together for a smoke.
