Tales of a Solo Traveller (with weed porn pics) 9 March 2011
Posted: Mon 14th Mar 2011 10:50 pm
Right now its 3pm and I am well stoned in an attic room in the Albert Cuyp area. A few hours ago I walked out of Central Station. Flights were good. Caught the red eye into Gatwick and the British Airways 9.am to Schipol. Before arriving I had debated about whether to go straight to a c/s when I got here, or go to my residence first, dump the luggage and then go to the nearest c/s. I had decided to hit the residence first. But sod that, I was here now and gasping for a joint. Good job most of my plans are well flexible.
I made it from the doors of Central Station, to Central coffeeshop in record time. The bud tender, Raymond, Ray mond I call him with a gap in between when I say it to make him sound a bit posh like and he loves it, is standing there proudly opening his presentation box of weed. He looks at me and then looks at the box lovingly as though he has only seen it for the first time. The guy walking in behind me probably hasn't seen the box before as he rushes past me licking his lips. He bought some isolator and then I went in for my purchase. Ray mond, I ask him, got any Davidorrf? No he says. We have a bit of a chat like, and he reaches under the counter and showed me some B52. He opened the bag, and I bunged me nose in, but the polythene stuff masked it a bit. It looked good though, loads of stuff in it, a light faded type of green colour with a few brown bits in it and some crystals a glistening. Looked quite appealing and had a come and buy me look about it. I gave it a shot and at 25 euros for 3.8 g, I thought it was a good deal. Well, I suppose a kilo for two euros would have been a better deal, but anyway.
I told Ray mond about the Red Hair he sold me the last time Davidorff was out. He still had the strain in. A bag of it was staring up at me from the case. Made me think looking at the case again with all the bags of cannabis in it, that when you was young, you use to look at the counter behind a bar in a pub and wonder what would happen to you if you drank all the bottles on it? I was having such a thought now. Wondering what would happen if I smoked everything in the box? Would probably end up talking to Oak trees and worshipping stones.
Back to the Red Hair. That's what he gave me when Davidorff was out the last time, about 6 weeks ago. Crap it was. Bit of a schoolgirls blouse buz. He said, Ray mond that is, that's because the Davidorff was so fucking good when you last got it. When was that then? Last September I told him. Oh yeah he said. Davidorff was fucking good then. Ain't seen it since, maybe the grower got busted. I ordered a Capachino. As I got me wallet out to give him some dosh. I said that's 27 euros then, and he said, no, just 25 , the coffee is on me for the bad advertisement on the Red Hair last time. Didn't mind about the Red Hair being crap now. Wont buy it again though, I still mind a bit.
I sat down to roll up some of the B52. Didn't need a grinder. Stuff crumpled like dry sugar in you fingers. Good sign I thought. Don't know too much about all the different strains and when they are ready etc., but I find stuff you have to grind a lot or cut up with scissors often ain't so good. Got chatting to 3 girl backpackers from Brazil. Gave them a bit of local lingo and they were well impressed. Did not tell them that my ex of 20 years was from Lisbon and have loads of Portuguese rellies too, and that's why I can speak enough Portuguese to order a beer and get laid.
The B52 was well good. I asked Ray mond, who was checking out the ass of one of the Brazilian girls, why did the grower call it B52? Ray mond spread his arms out and made the noise of an aircraft. Named after the plane man! Oh yeah I thought, an American one from the 2nd world war. Think they used it to drop Napalm on Vietnam as well. Perish the thought. Some of the Vietcong did to. The Brazilian girls were laughing at Ray mond imitating a B52 as he flew around the coffee shop with his arms open going 'neeeeerrrrrrrreeeeerrrrrrrrr.' The one with the cute ass had a nice smile too.

Ray monds box of cannabis tricks
I wondered over to the tram station. Got a 96 hour pass and jumped on a tram 16 for Albert Cuyp. Thoughts were going on in my head thick and fast. Managed to grab a seat and watched Amsterdam go by as the tram trundled down Rokin. 'Spui' said the recorded announcement. 'Dont forget when exciting the vehicle to check out with your public transport check card.' Love the way that Dutch voice says that. If it was English, the voice would sound more threatening and be health and safety conscious like. We passed the Mellow Yellow c/s and approached the Heineken building. I began to wonder what my resident would be like. First time there. Booked it through airbnb. That site had a few dodgy reviews when I checked it out on google, but 90% of those that used it seemed happy.
Looking out of the tram window, the area seemed unfamiliar. Shit, dreaming again. I had overshot Albert Cuyp by 2 stops. One reason I get a 96hour pass. Doubled back, and found the street my apartment was on and lugged my case along it looking for number 45. Where I thought number 45 should be was a row of houses being refurbished, skips and builders everywhere, the properties all gutted. Shit I thought. I have been coned, but had not paid anything yet as I was paying on arrival.
As I was trying to figure out the point of advertising a place on the net that did not exist, a few houses down, a well tasty looking salt, looking at me looking lost asked if I was Dave? That turned out to be Anallise my Landlady. Lovely, attractive friendly girl. She showed me up to my room. An Attic room at the top of some very steep stairs. Everyone who has been to Amsterdam has a steep stair story. This set was in the top 10. The room was great. Large enough. A comfy double sofa bed, kitchen and en suite bathroom. Not bad for 60 euros a night, would have been 30 each if I had a partner with me. Anallise gave me the lowdown on the apartment. As I counted out her money I asked her to confirm it was smoking friendly as this is one of the main reasons for booking. No way was I going to part with any dosh until she had confirmed. She said yes, and I asked her about smoking cannabis too. May sound naive I know, but I may have the one anti cannabis landlady in The Netherlands here - you can never be to careful. There are some funny people about. Off course you can smoke cannabis, this is Amsterdam says the lovely Anallise who I was liking more as time went on. I am sure she gave me a what a stupid question look. We passed a few more pleasantries and Anallise left me to the comfort of my new room.
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"Off course you can smoke cannabis she says, this is Amsterdam" Well, that's the title of my first set of notes. Must have loved Anallise saying that and promoted the saying to 'title, top of the page prime position. Back home now. Landed 24 hours ago. Will either re edit this and add the next bit latter, or do something else. Will try and post some pics too. Never done that here before, so not sure how to. Maybe someone can tell me the easiest way.
So more to follow, and I will report on the strains and the effect it had on this consumer. Found a few crackers. B52 was a good start.
I made it from the doors of Central Station, to Central coffeeshop in record time. The bud tender, Raymond, Ray mond I call him with a gap in between when I say it to make him sound a bit posh like and he loves it, is standing there proudly opening his presentation box of weed. He looks at me and then looks at the box lovingly as though he has only seen it for the first time. The guy walking in behind me probably hasn't seen the box before as he rushes past me licking his lips. He bought some isolator and then I went in for my purchase. Ray mond, I ask him, got any Davidorrf? No he says. We have a bit of a chat like, and he reaches under the counter and showed me some B52. He opened the bag, and I bunged me nose in, but the polythene stuff masked it a bit. It looked good though, loads of stuff in it, a light faded type of green colour with a few brown bits in it and some crystals a glistening. Looked quite appealing and had a come and buy me look about it. I gave it a shot and at 25 euros for 3.8 g, I thought it was a good deal. Well, I suppose a kilo for two euros would have been a better deal, but anyway.
I told Ray mond about the Red Hair he sold me the last time Davidorff was out. He still had the strain in. A bag of it was staring up at me from the case. Made me think looking at the case again with all the bags of cannabis in it, that when you was young, you use to look at the counter behind a bar in a pub and wonder what would happen to you if you drank all the bottles on it? I was having such a thought now. Wondering what would happen if I smoked everything in the box? Would probably end up talking to Oak trees and worshipping stones.
Back to the Red Hair. That's what he gave me when Davidorff was out the last time, about 6 weeks ago. Crap it was. Bit of a schoolgirls blouse buz. He said, Ray mond that is, that's because the Davidorff was so fucking good when you last got it. When was that then? Last September I told him. Oh yeah he said. Davidorff was fucking good then. Ain't seen it since, maybe the grower got busted. I ordered a Capachino. As I got me wallet out to give him some dosh. I said that's 27 euros then, and he said, no, just 25 , the coffee is on me for the bad advertisement on the Red Hair last time. Didn't mind about the Red Hair being crap now. Wont buy it again though, I still mind a bit.
I sat down to roll up some of the B52. Didn't need a grinder. Stuff crumpled like dry sugar in you fingers. Good sign I thought. Don't know too much about all the different strains and when they are ready etc., but I find stuff you have to grind a lot or cut up with scissors often ain't so good. Got chatting to 3 girl backpackers from Brazil. Gave them a bit of local lingo and they were well impressed. Did not tell them that my ex of 20 years was from Lisbon and have loads of Portuguese rellies too, and that's why I can speak enough Portuguese to order a beer and get laid.
The B52 was well good. I asked Ray mond, who was checking out the ass of one of the Brazilian girls, why did the grower call it B52? Ray mond spread his arms out and made the noise of an aircraft. Named after the plane man! Oh yeah I thought, an American one from the 2nd world war. Think they used it to drop Napalm on Vietnam as well. Perish the thought. Some of the Vietcong did to. The Brazilian girls were laughing at Ray mond imitating a B52 as he flew around the coffee shop with his arms open going 'neeeeerrrrrrrreeeeerrrrrrrrr.' The one with the cute ass had a nice smile too.

Ray monds box of cannabis tricks
I wondered over to the tram station. Got a 96 hour pass and jumped on a tram 16 for Albert Cuyp. Thoughts were going on in my head thick and fast. Managed to grab a seat and watched Amsterdam go by as the tram trundled down Rokin. 'Spui' said the recorded announcement. 'Dont forget when exciting the vehicle to check out with your public transport check card.' Love the way that Dutch voice says that. If it was English, the voice would sound more threatening and be health and safety conscious like. We passed the Mellow Yellow c/s and approached the Heineken building. I began to wonder what my resident would be like. First time there. Booked it through airbnb. That site had a few dodgy reviews when I checked it out on google, but 90% of those that used it seemed happy.
Looking out of the tram window, the area seemed unfamiliar. Shit, dreaming again. I had overshot Albert Cuyp by 2 stops. One reason I get a 96hour pass. Doubled back, and found the street my apartment was on and lugged my case along it looking for number 45. Where I thought number 45 should be was a row of houses being refurbished, skips and builders everywhere, the properties all gutted. Shit I thought. I have been coned, but had not paid anything yet as I was paying on arrival.
As I was trying to figure out the point of advertising a place on the net that did not exist, a few houses down, a well tasty looking salt, looking at me looking lost asked if I was Dave? That turned out to be Anallise my Landlady. Lovely, attractive friendly girl. She showed me up to my room. An Attic room at the top of some very steep stairs. Everyone who has been to Amsterdam has a steep stair story. This set was in the top 10. The room was great. Large enough. A comfy double sofa bed, kitchen and en suite bathroom. Not bad for 60 euros a night, would have been 30 each if I had a partner with me. Anallise gave me the lowdown on the apartment. As I counted out her money I asked her to confirm it was smoking friendly as this is one of the main reasons for booking. No way was I going to part with any dosh until she had confirmed. She said yes, and I asked her about smoking cannabis too. May sound naive I know, but I may have the one anti cannabis landlady in The Netherlands here - you can never be to careful. There are some funny people about. Off course you can smoke cannabis, this is Amsterdam says the lovely Anallise who I was liking more as time went on. I am sure she gave me a what a stupid question look. We passed a few more pleasantries and Anallise left me to the comfort of my new room.
**************
"Off course you can smoke cannabis she says, this is Amsterdam" Well, that's the title of my first set of notes. Must have loved Anallise saying that and promoted the saying to 'title, top of the page prime position. Back home now. Landed 24 hours ago. Will either re edit this and add the next bit latter, or do something else. Will try and post some pics too. Never done that here before, so not sure how to. Maybe someone can tell me the easiest way.
So more to follow, and I will report on the strains and the effect it had on this consumer. Found a few crackers. B52 was a good start.







