My last trip with my wife before she passed away.

[craig bell]

The night before and my stomach is jumping. Flight is at 7.30am. And we have to leave for the airport at around 3-4am as it’s a 2hour drive away. Anyway its now 1am and I haven’t slept to excited. Feels like the 1st time all over again ..lol… I make myself a spliff and have a blast on the bong. Smoking hash but its not up to much. Roll on the flight. Some decent hash and weed. Bong kicks in and next thing I’m being woken full spliff still in ashtray must have conked out. WWOOOoo a quick wash and cuppa and were off. We arrive at the airport at around 5.30am. 3 hours and we’ll be there sparking it up big time. Basjoes here we come. We enjoy a cuppa in the café before heading for our flight. Touchdown. Straight through customs no probs. Down into the subway for a train to centraal station. Worked out well as we got there free. We arrive in the centraal and before we check in the H.E.M hotel its 1st stop centraal coffeeshop. Like many others this was the 1st c/s I found and I go back there every visit. Buy a 25e bag of cheese. And a 12e bag of the shops homegrown special XXX or something it was called nice smoke anyway. I build 4 spiffs for taking with us from the XXX. Put the cheese straight in my wallet. To early for cheese. That’s for at night in the room. We head out and its to the hotel. Which is a bit outside the city. So we jump on the metro. We change at amstel and head for henk snivelbeg or something like that. At the hotel the Mrs trys a fly one and says were on honeymoon. And to our joy we were upgraded to a room with a balcony(only room in the place with a balcony room 403)thank god as it’s a no smoking policy in the room. And smoke alarms to back it up. Don’t know how I’m still standing as I’ve only had about 2 hrs sleep. But hey ho were in the Dam. The Mrs unpacks while I roll another few spiffs that should do until we head back in to the city. So much I want to do. We get ready and head out and jump on a tram. 15 mins later and were at leidseplein. I like it down here. I enjoy sitting in the Bulldog just don’t buy there over priced weed. We order 2 juices and sit and watch the world go by for an hour. Get a few blasts of the pipe and have 2 spiffs each while there. The XXX is nearing its end so we’ll have to start heading to the de Gral. But before we go the Mrs says roll one of the cheese each for walking over with and we can head through the museumplien park. So I warn her its early but she insists. So I do as I’m told and roll one each for us both. To be honest it wasn’t that good no where near homegrown fantasy with there cheese. Anyway not completely bad just not as good. So we head out and start walking. When we get there I ask the budtender what hash he would recommend.And straight away he gives me a blast of his pipe with some right lovely hash in it. Ill have 2 grams plze without even asking what it was. But to my surprise he only charged 14e for 2 grams of what I found out on the way out was called nepal. Lovely little smoke so it was nice and mellow set me right up for something to eat. We head out and go find something to eat. Woktowok will do very nicely then a couple of Belgian waffles. MMMmmm. Its time to hit homegrown fantasy for some real cheese. To my disgust there out of cheese. So we decide on 2g of super siver haze at 26e and a gram of lemon haze. The ssh was nice and smooth but the lh was a bit over dry and also rough on the throat. I liked this the last time too. We decide to head over to basjoes and after exchanging pleasantries with the budtender and a quick fist bump. I decide to buy my fav jack herrer ive always liked this more than white widow. But each to there own. A gram plze 8e and ill take a gram of the bas special after having a little smell. The only thing I was disappointed in was no TERMINATOR. And after reading so much about it I was dying to try it. Not to worry though plenty here to keep us going. We sit and watch the world pass bye and after about 6 spiffs, and 3 cuppas each it was time to grab some munchies and head up through the RLD have a laugh. But while there the Mrs starts to get paranoid. We’ve got some geezer trying to sell us the best coca in Amsterdam. Beat it I say don’t want it but this guy just wont give up. So the Mrs thinks he’s trying to rob us I explain to her though that this is the RLD for you. And she soon sees what I mean. As every corner we reach we have people saying “PILLS. YOU WANT PILLS” we be polite and decline and just keep moving before eventually coming out onto warmeostraat. I know this place says the Mrs. Should hope so I say. We spent our whole honeymoon here 1st time out. The Mrs is just hopeless at remembering places and she has no sense of direction. So we pop in to hunters bar I grab a pitcher of beer at 10e and the Mrs just has coffee. Think the bartender must have thought I was some crazy Scotsman as he thought the Mrs was having some too. But his face looked puzzled when I only wanted one glass. Lol Greedy Scottish. Think the world thinks us Scots are big drinkers. Anyway we sit and I roll 2 ssh. 2jh and another cheese need to get it smoked. The big screen is on and there is champions league football on. So we sit and chill before taking one last walk down the RLD the Mrs is just fascinated with it. We head back toward centraal and jump on a night bus back to the hotel. Where we crack up the pipe and have a few puffs along with a cheese and jack herrer double whammy. Legs and feet are sore so we jump in the bathroom. 1st time being in it . And wow a Jacuzzi for a bath tub. We both jump in and I’ll keep those details to myself. But the jucuzzi is great. Come out and my fingers are too smooth to roll so another few pipes and we hit the sack. Out like a light.


Day 2

We both wake at around 10 and miss breakfast. No worries we can head into the city and go to barneys or elsewhere. The Mrs thinks Barneys is too expensive and in a way she is right but best breakfast in A/dam. We get dressed and head out for the tram. We jump on and again we get off at leidsplein (suppose barneys is a no go then) We sit outside one of the many cafes here and order some breakfast we both just have a cup of coffee and toast with scrambled egg. Should set us up nicely for the day. I say to the Mrs that I want to try basjoes again to see if the terminator has arrived yet. So we finish up and head off. Just as we start walking I realise I haven’t even made a joint. Dam have to stop somewhere and roll a few. We end up just sitting at the side of the canal on a bench as it is quite. I get 2 made and we head off. Basjoes here we come. We get there and straight away James gives me that look that says sorry my friend no Terminator yet. So I say I will be back later and leave without buying anything. Don’t see the point still have plenty to do us till the next c/s. We head out and today we are going to do a bit of sightseeing. I’m looking forward to Anne Frank house and the resistance museum. Trying to find the Anne Frank house was a nightmare as we didn’t know where it was on the map so we had to just follow any sign posts we seen. And most people we asked for directions where also tourists. Eventually we find it not before going round and round in circles. And the whole time all we had to do was take a different turn. We go in and I have to admit I was hooked on it right away. From going through the secret passage to the TV screens upstairs that told the story I was hooked. Loved it and will definitely go back and see it again on a future visit. Anyway we head out and go straight to find something to eat all that walking has made me hungry and I’m also dying for a pipe and joint. We sit down outside a little café and order something to eat just a lite bite to keep us going to dinner time about 6pm. Can’t remember the name of the place but it was one of the best milkshakes I have ever tried it was just up from paradox c/s our next stop. We finish up and head straight to paradox this place came recommended through the site. So we decide to give it a try. Glad we did. So chilled out in here. The Mrs grabs a seat while I attend the budtender. Really cool bloke who served me made me feel like I was his main client. I asked what hash he would recommend and he says the Turkish so I take a gram of the Turkish and I ask what weed for a high feeling not couch locked. He laughs and tells me to try the la confidential again I take a gram of that plze. I always like to buy a gram at first just to try it. The Turkish hash was lovely really smooth smoke in the pipe. But have to say didn’t rate the la confidential. Great c/s though and will be back on next visit. We sit in there and kill about 2 hours along with a couple of joints we have a coffee with squirted cream on top lovely. We decide it’s time to try and get to the resistance museum. But it is now after 3pm. So I say to Mrs why not leave it till tomorrow morning and we will go there 1st thing. I’m in the bad books now. The Mrs loves history so I’ll really need to make this up to her. No use trying to explain that by the time we find it it'll probably be closed. She thinks I’m superman and I can get us there by flying. Yeah flying high on weed ..lol.. Anyway we head back towards the centre of town. I say lets find somewhere where we can just chill sit back put our feet up and watch the world go by. Warmeostraat sounds like the best place to watch the world go by. As it is always busy. And always someone to laugh at if u know what I mean. We get there and decide hill street blues is where we will sit. I just decide to buy a gram of polm as we have plenty yet and need to smoke that before we go home in 2 days. Don’t get me wrong we will smoke what we have by the next morning maybe need more tonight. Again we sit at the window and before I sit down with the coffee the Mrs is in fits of laughter I look around but can’t see what has made her burst out like this. Eventually I see out the window and this guy is walking around trying to pick stuff out the air. It is hilarious. I work out soon enough that he had been in at conscious dreams must have been some great mushrooms. I have always wanted to try it but the Ms refuses point blank. I try to say we will buy them and eat them back at the hotel but there is just no persuading her. I wouldn’t take them on my own. Done that before and didn’t enjoy it. Anyway we sit have a few pipes on the polm and the Turkish. The polm was ok nothing special but again the Turkish was MMM MMMM MMMM. Have to go back and get more of that.it’s nearing 5pm now so we roll a joint and start to make our way to the metro and head back to the hotel to get changed for the night as it’s a night on the town tonight. Meal and then BEER!!!!. Beer and weed wwoohhooo. We get back and I decide I’m jumping in the tub. I’m no sooner in and the Mrs comes bouncing in to the bathroom naked move over I’m coming in she shouts. Again I’ll leave the juicy bits out. Lets just say the tub took a beating while we where there ..lol.. We get dressed. Well takes me 10 mins but you know women. So while I wait I think try some of the polm and Turkish together. Bad idea wasn’t great waste of the Turkish. We don’t have much hash left in fact small bit. So I say we will pipe this before we go (gives me the excuse to go and get more).I crack open a can of Heineken and pour the Mrs a vodka and Fresh orange. We take our time drinking them and smoke 2 spiffs. God it’s all coming out with us tonight. I mix it all up into a big fat joint. Except the Jack herrer I know it is cheap but it is a weed I enjoy and like to smoke at night in bed on it’s own. The joint was cracking had a mixture of everything we had left. Silver haze, lemon haze, xxx, cheese, and bas special. Wow blow my mind god I laugh I’m nearly ready for bed I say. We finish up and head for the town. We decide to head all the way to centraal station and get off. We will walk down from here I say and find somewhere to eat. We eventually stop at an argentine steak house there everywhere but cheap for a meal. The Mrs has the steak and I have the bbq wings and a side plate of garlic bread. No kissing tonight the Wife says. We will see I reply. We finish up and I let her know that we need to go and make a purchase of smoke somewhere. We are right at Dam square so should be easy enough to find a decent c/s. We are heading towards leidseplien so we will go to kadinsky I say. It’s on the way. We head down Rokin and reach kadinsky. This is another c/s I had never been to but came recommended to me through the site. Again glad it did I liked this place small but friendly. I ask the tender for his weed and hash menu and he shows me. Aha nepal crème that came recommended to me through here as well.2 grams of the nepal plze 20e and I’ll try the King hussan again another recommendation. Have to admit really glad they were. Also I’ll take 2 grams of the bluberry cheese25e and a gram of the ak4710e. Enjoyed them all I have to say the king hussan really blew my mind another I have to remember for the next trip. The weed the blueberry cheese was nice and fruity smooth as well but the ak47 I did enjoy it but I wouldn’t rush back to buy it again If you know what I mean. Anyway after making 4 joints and having a few blasts on the pipe were off again. BEER!!! Here I come. We get to leidseplein and we just make our way from bar to bar. Taking in everything that’s going on. We get talking to a couple from Canada. This is there 1st trip and ask us for advise. Nice people so they hang out with us for the night and we go together around a few bars before hitting the palace for a game of pool and a joint and pipe inside. They pull out a big bag and it has all sorts inside. Just places it on the table and says help yourself I say we have some. But he says I insist yous have shown us around and we have been here 5 days and no one has took time out to show us around. I’ve only showed you around a few bars that are all in the one vicinity I say. But they still insist that we put ours away and help ourselves. How long you here for I ask. A month then onto Germany he said back packing across Europe. Would love to have the money to do it. Find out later after a few beers and joints and a right good blast on the pipe. That his parents are multi-millionaires. Now I don’t feel so guilty about smoking there goodies. We enjoy the rest of the night together and I write down a few good c/s that I had come across. I give them my number and tell them to call us the next morning. We exchange good byes and go our separate ways. We head on up towards the station to catch the night bus back. I only realise walking up through the Rld that it’s only 11.30pm. Thought it was a lot later. We think about making one last pit stop. But the Mrs insures me that I want to go straight back. It’s amazing how horny alcohol makes you ..lol..


Day3 last day

We awake early today surprising right enough after the intake of drink and weed from the night before. We head down for breakfast without even cleaning ourselves up who cares says the Mrs. Well if you don’t I don’t I say. We go in we must have looked like something from the living dead. It’s a help yourself buffet. I just take some cereals and coffee. While the Wife helps herself to just about everything on the menu. To right I say get your moneys worth. I’m just not up to a big breakfast yet (will regret it later). We finish up and head back upstairs to get ready. I get ready In 2 mins and pull out our weed from the kadinsky most of it still there. The phone rings and it’s Brian (Canadian couple). What are your plans today he asked. Well we want to go and see the resistance museum I reply. Mind if we come along he asks. Yip the more the merrier. Little did we know at that time that this was going to turn out to be our best day ever in the Dam. We met up with Brian and his Wife (Julie) at the centraal c/s. We decide to roll a few each (love centraal just can’t blaze up inside). We head out and make our way towards the museum. We do the tour and the Mrs loved it. Think Brian and Julie did too. So where to I say. What's your best c/s brian asks. There is a few mate but I decide on one I enjoy sitting back and chilling in. We take the long walk and head towards the dampring (one of my favs for chillin). Never been in here says Bri you’ll like it I said. So we head in The ladies grab a table while me and bri head towards the budtender. I said you’ve got loads in that bag you had last night. Nope he said we got tucked in last night back at the hotel and shared with a couple from Norway. Cool, god must be great to not care about the money side of things. Anyway the budtender says what will it be gents. I’ll have a gram of the Mexican haze and a gram of the chocolope plze both reasonable in price was only just over 20e for both. I sit down and start to roll a spliff. When brian sat down I almost had to help lay the grass and hash he had bought on the table he was carrying about 5 different hash and weeds. Wow I thought to myself. And I could see the Wife was thinking the same. Don’t know if it was showing off you know look at me or whether it was just I’ve got the money so lets gets stoned. Either way I wasn’t passing up the chance to sample all of these. God I couldn’t even tell you what we smoked in the dampring that day. I know what I had bought. But I couldn’t even tell you if it was good, bad, smooth, rough or what. I do know none of Brian's was the same as mine. One was called some kind of bomb and another gold. Couldn’t say what they were like but hey I was just going with the flow. It was coming on 2pm and it was time for a walk. So they asked us to show them the RLD. What you not seen it. Turns out they hadn’t been away from the liedseplien area. So we took them down through the RLD and I say you’s have to come back at night. After the district tour we head back on to warmeostraat and in to hunters bar. Me and bri share a pitcher he insists on paying. But this time I say no. We have smoked your weed, hash since last night. At least let me get this. After a bit of persuading he allows me to pay. We grab a seat with the wifes and enjoy a nice cold beer. What about going for something to eat together Julie says. Were not dressed for a meal my Wife said. No just like burger king or McDonalds. I know a great little burger bar (again through the site) so we head there and order 4 super burgers. It’s almost 7pm and we have an early flight so we won’t be out late tonight I say. We head down and towards basjoes one last try plze plze plze let there be terminator. We get there but waste of time no terminator. James feels my pain as he knows it’s my last night. Try this my friend. A bag of what I can only describe as dust. James sorts out a joint for me with it. I ask what do I owe for it. On the house (god this is the best day of my life in the dam) This shit blew me away and the rest of them. We sit bri makes a few more buys. I don’t even bother we smoke, chat and before we know it it’s 9.30pm time for us to be getting off. Need some sleep to catch this flight at 5.30 in the morn. We again exchange our goodbyes and email adresses. And we head out down for the tram at princengract. Back at the hotel we have one last Jacuzzi together. I come out make a joint 2 pipes and it’s time for bed.

Day4 homewards…

5.30am phone rings wake up call. I jump up luckily we packed everything yesterday I roll all the weed I have left into 4 spiffs. And blast the last of the hash in the pipe. Before I stash the pipe behind a drain pipe on the balcony incase I ever return. At the airport we check in and go outside to smoke our last. Should have posted someback home. We finish up and head in good bye Amsterdam till next time.

P.s Next trip was supposed to be the 28th may but work commitments have now dictated i go in August. And because i had to cancel, flights are now on the boss. Theres a thread about it.

[matty223]

great report, remember there are plenty of peopel to be with while in Amsterdam enjoy your trip, hey cn meet up for a smoke on the 2nd i leave on the 3rd

[Mike93]

Really great read. Its great how you met with fellow smokers and had a great time.

[Cisco]

Great report man really enjoyed it thanks for taking the time

[damagedagain]

thanks for that man really enjoyable

[craig bell]

Loved every minute of it. Just can't wait to go in August first ever solo trip. Going to scatter my Wife's ashes in Vondelpark down by a tree near the water where we used to sit and eat our picnic. In summer visits to the Dam. Booked the Stayokay vondelpark of out on the 18th August which is my B/day and also a Saturday. I've never been on weekend night so looking forward to it. Also scared a bit as i have always been there with my Wife. Now she is gone i don't think it will be the same. That's why i booked the stayokay hostel. To see if i can hook up with some new friends to keep my mind from going insane. At the thought of my Wife not being there with me.

[RvanSteensel]

When did she pass away ?
Does it still hurt ?

[craig bell]

Yeah it's still very raw. She passed away at the end of last year. This trip report is from June last year. Just never got round to writing it up. Had it all scribbled down on a notepad. So when I was reading it the other night it brought back a flood of good memories. So I decided to write it up. Looking forward to going back out this August but as I said also scared. We were supposed to go back out together in September last year but she started becoming ill then. So we had to cancel.

[geekymonkey]

Really enjoyed this. Thanks so much for sharing. I suspect James made you a joint with some of his isolator. Lovely stuff.

My condolences about your wife. Hope your next trip is a great experience.

[Ghost]

nice report mate, i enjoyed reading , thanks for taking the time.

[Lamont]

Really enjoyed this report. Thanks so much for sharing it!

[Roobarb]

Good read. Thanks Craig

[Colino]

Nice one man, thanks for the effort

[soapy]

superb and heartfelt read bro....

[partytime]

Really great report Craig, sorry for your loss.