Wed, July 6:
After landing, taking the train to Amsterdam Zuid, and finally getting a ride to our apt, I rented a bike. My bro just used his skateboard the first day - mad props to him for keeping up for miles with Amsterdam bike traffic all day! We headed for the closest coffeeshop with a good reputation for gear -- Boerejongens. I could not believe the steady stream of customers they get. They get impatient if you look at the menu for more than like 5 seconds. We picked up 5e of Lemon Haze, Bio High Rise, Big Buddha Cheese shake, and either Super Silver OG13 or Super Silver XL (not sure which). Since you can't smoke there, we headed to Kashmir Lounge. Two hits into the first joint of pure Super Silver, I questioned whether or not I was going to be able to handle a whole week of this
Next we hit the Lemon Haze. For a good 45 minutes after we left the shop, I could hardly ride my bike. I felt like a fool trying to stay in control and navigate Amsterdam. I had to keep asking my bro to stop for a second while I mentally stabilize. I would caution anyone else in the same situation to either walk your bike on the sidewalk or just stay somewhere for a while. Biking in Amsterdam can be really dangerous. We saw a girl on a bike get hit by a car in an intersection right behind us, right after we passed through -- it really makes you think!We tried to head downtown to Grey Area (we never made it there, by the way). On the way we stopped at 1e Hulp -- a nice 'local' spot -- and picked up some White Widow, Sour Diesel, and Amnesia. We tried a Volcano for the first time with the Sour Diesel - nice!
We stopped at every bridge to take pictures -- beautiful! Having water all around the city gives it a really calming vibe.
Finally, at Coffeeshop 96 we purchased some C-5 Haze and Aka Skunk.
more to come
Bikes seem to 'rule' the streets there though. And except for the bridges, the streets are flat, which makes biking lots of fun, even for someone as out of shape as me. My rear did hurt pretty bad though!
). I was happy we stumbled upon Coffeeshop Trefpunt, where you could sit on barstools and watch the passersby through picture windows. We picked up some Jack Herrer (which they claimed was the strongest stuff ANYWHERE -- and it was not bad, but that is quite a claim to make) and some Santa Maria. We also picked up some delicious space cakes -- buttery pound cake with plenty of green in them. (Once again, the effects were OK, although I think we were already 'saturated' at that point.) We also went to The Act, which was surprisingly large and had a Verdamper you could use.