Rasa's Smokelogue March 16th-19th

[Dr Greenshed]

excellent reporting thanks for doing mate
cheers
doc

[puffpuffgive]

excellent report told in enthusiastic style, summing up the spirit of .;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; (sorry that was my cat) super-stonedness, helping newbs, meltdown in wonderland, surreal times, everythign that makes a dam trip great!

[Rasa]

summed it up pretty well puff puff haha, ill be back from the 18th-23rd so their will be more reporting to be done, I gotta hurry my lazy ass up and finish these three days of reporting first though!

[jimi62471]

Love the Pics. I used the one "daytime bridge over canal" , as my desktop at work. really nice. Can't wait to go to grey area. Neville's Haze, grey crystals, greyberry.. sound like a nice afternoon to me!!

[sheppyg1903]

Great trip so far Rasa and quality reporting and some power tokin too !! ..pity about the budtender being pushy about the weed , i hate that....

[Rasa]

So the previous day I left off with me going back to my hostel, well it turns out I slept till 12pm and then woke back up and hit the town again to smoke. I walked to 420 and it was closed so then walked back to Warmoestraat and stopped into Hill Street Blues. Grabbed a banana Looza and took a seat at the front window and commenced filling up a preroll with White Russian. Finished smoking the joint and then began the short walk back to my hostel. Popped into Hunter’s just to take a look and see if they had Sour Diesel, took a look at it and definitely was not Sour then asked to see the NYC which looked like complete shit and then the budtender goes “come on buddy I don’t have all night” so I just turned around and walked out. Went back to my hostel and fell into a deep thc induced sleep.



The next day began bright and early, I woke up around 9am and made it downstairs for breakfast with my laptop to update my blog. After some writing I went back up to my room, took a quick shower and realized I had no towel so I did the human dog shake and dried myself off. I had a coffeeshop crawl planned with Daniel but checked my Facebook at breakfast and saw that he had to cancel because he had to work, oh well.. I will just go visit him at some point. Started my morning with a nice wake and bake at one of my favorite coffeeshops 420. Jane the barmaid was working so I stirred up a conversation and before I knew it I had a new friend from one of my favorite establishments in Amsterdam. Asked for a Looza; any flavor she would recommend and she handed me a Strawberry... exactly what I wanted! Then I was given a nice clean RooR beaker to begin my morning rituals, weed was broken down, bowls were smoked. After a thorough wake n bake I went back to my Hostel so I could use the wi-fi with my laptop, checked my Facebook and saw that my friend Tristan from back home who is currently attending school in Amsterdam messaged me. She asked if I could cancel my Hostel and get my money back because I could crash at her place, I couldn’t but it was alright. Anyway we quickly made plans to meet at Dam Square 15 minutes later so I went back to my room locked my laptop up and then took off to Dam Square.




I got to Dam square and took a seat right in front of the statue. Not five minutes later I spot Tristan’s ginger orange hair and run up to her and give her a big hug! Tristan is awesome! She is 24, from New York State and a totally hipped out chick, she’s super fun to chill with and loves to blaze it down! I had the pleasure of working with her previous to my trip at City Market Co-Op in Burlington. Anyway hugs were exchanged and then we went on our way down past t’Nes and into the south. I told Tristan that I wanted to stop by Basjoe’s because of my bong and she was cool with it. So we made our way to Basjoe’s and Tristan told me that the budtender had been really mean to her before, I was surprised because James has always been very cordial with me. Anyway we got into the shop and I went up to the counter, James saw me and acknowledged and then walked into the back and came out with my grey bong case: “Here ya go mon, we didn’t lose it, we store it in di basement.” I graciously thanked him and then asked to take a look at the Bas Special, he pulled out a fresh bag of it and withdrew a nice big nug and handed it to me.... I took a whiff, sold! Tristan interjects and says i’ll take the whole nug, I look at her and go damn girl.. your not messin around, I then buy a gram for myself not realizing she intended to share her 3 gram monster nug with me haha! We order 2 cokes and then take a seat right by the counter at one of the tables. I bust out my bong that I brought to the 2009 Cannabis Cup and start preparing it for some proper use. I packed the bong up and started to take a hit and then I realized I hadn’t put any water in... for fucks sake i’m a stoner.... So I run to the bathroom fill it up and the bong ripping ensues as it should. Then I fill up one of my pre-rolled and roll up a monster J of the Bas Special which Tristan and I get destroyed by! We decide we have smoked enough for now and take off.

Bas Special - 12€ - Basjoes




Tristan wants to go to the library but her plans quickly go to shit and we come up with the brilliant idea to go to Albert Hjein and get supplies to make French Toast at her apartment. We stop by the A.H on Harlemstraat and stock up on the necessities... dessert syrup the closest thing to Maple Syrup which i’m not accustomed to as a Native Vermonter, Pumpkin sugar bread, butter, eggs etc. I notice large containers of chocomel for 1€... what the FUCK! I pay 2 euro for 1/5th of this container at a coffeeshop.... this is a travesty! I grab a big thing of chocomel and throw it in the basket, no questions asked. We check out and then keep trekking down Harlemstraat. Tristan’s apartment is coincidentally right above Popeye’s coffeeshop so it is in a great location in terms of coffeeshops (Dampkring, Barneys, Greenhouse). I meet her roommates and then we start cooking well she starts. Minutes later I am devouring piece after piece like a duck devouring bread, I cant stop... i’m so stoned! I finally hit my breaking point and can no longer stuff myself with anymore french toast so Tristan gives me a tour of her place. It’s a classic Dutch house, skinny, 5 floors and kickass! Her room is on the 4th floor and she has her own bathroom with a big bathtub... I think to myself my god... I would sit in that bubble-bath every night and just rip bong and burn joints. Tristan rolls up another J and we go up to the fifth floor and out onto the terrace. This gave me a really cool perspective of the rooftop view of Amsterdam. We enjoyed the joint in the damp hazey air and chit chatted it up, I told her I would definitely be making another visit if I could stay here. After a bit longer of hanging out with Tristan I bid her farewell and told her we could meet up later. I exited Tristan’s apartment into a light rainy Amsterdam, next stop: Paradox.



My walk to Paradox in the rain was very relaxing. Sometimes traveling solo is the best thing in the world, you have time to think about things by yourself and it gives you alot of time to get to know yourself better. I thoroughly enjoyed this peaceful baked walk and when I got to Paradox I was just as happy to get out of the rain too. I went up to the counter and asked the budtender for 2 space cakes, payed for them and then sat down at the nearest table which had a pile of fabrics and different materials stacked all over it. The budtender quickly got up and moved the things which I thanked him for. I unwrapped the first brownie and began munching it while I was breaking down some weed to fill another cone with. First brownie consumed, joint lit, I began to unwrap the second, we will see how powerful these Paradox space cakes actually are The music they were playing was fucking awesome, pretty much all funk classics and a lot of songs that I had never heard, only the beats sampled for hip hop so it was definitely pretty cool. After drinking two Looza’s and finishing my cakes I decided it was due time to go, next stop: Burger Bar. I pop into Burger Bar and order my last burg for the trip: wheat big bun, sauteed onions, fried egg, cheddar and bacon. After devouring my beautiful burger I made way to Blues Brothers to see Dan. Got there and told him about my days adventures and the space cakes etc. The cakes started to take an effect on me and I got a nice body stonedness, what I would describe as body “drunkeness”. Smoked a bunch of bong bowls of the G-13 at the Blues Bros and then headed out for 420.



Got to 420 and grabbed my customary seat right at the bar and asked Jane for a RooR. Some fella named “Moe” came up and sat beside me and we got to talkin and what not, he was from Cali and was on his way to Egypt. Eventually it got to the point where I was so stoned from the combination of space cakes and bong bowls that I was on the verge of falling asleep petting the house cat. That was good enough reason for me to stand my ass up walk out of the shop and go back to my hostel so I could fade into my weed induced a coma there. The last and final day will be posted tomorrow and then I will be heading to Amsterdam on Monday the 18th for 5 days staying at Tristan’s place! Free accommodation woot woot! 4/20 here I come!

[Cisco]

Nice reporting Rasa looking forward to smoking up wi ya during 420

[Rasa]

Likewise Cisco, its gonna be a blast..literally! you arrive on the 19th? I'll be arriving on the 18th but I am planning on being at Voyagers for the 10am smokeout on the 19th, i'm sure we will link up then if not later that day, dont get to zoinked and crash early on your first night Happens to the best of us

[Cisco]

Tee hee I ended up doing that last April and missing my own T&T , I had jus been on coaches for 24hrs then smoked about 5 G I will be at Voyagers on tue 19th dude we are heading there as soon as we step out into Amsterdam proper see ya there you can gIve me some tube training !?

See you soon dude , oh yeah there are lots of Americans in Florence eh ? Lol I think it was mostly young American ladies that I had the pleasure of romancing while in Firenze

[Twichaldinho]

Is this bong still at Basjoe?...I'm all over it, if it's still there.
Top writing man, thanks.

[Rasa]

it's actually in the possession of Daniel, I told him to get it for me so I could carry it around 4/20 week so i'm sure you will be using it

[dpgsoulja89]

great trip report,you must really like your loozas,were you in Amsterdam in december?you look really familiar

[Rasa]

I was not in Amsterdam in December, wierd haha! and yeah Looza's are delicious!

[dpgsoulja89]

oh must have been another dude btw that video in blues bro is awesome great hit!

[08-420]

I'm reading the report, looking at the photos and imagining I'm already there. Great work Looking forward to meeting you next week!