CloudMaster & Exceluk1 - Trip Report - 10th to 13th Feb

[CloudMaster]

Day 3 to follow

[Padge247]

Just thought I would add my purchases !

Day 1: Holy Grail from Voyagers.
Day 2: Alien Technology from Het Ballonetje (not Master Bubba Kush......that comes later )

[ftcarer]

good read so far

[Mike93]

Great read

glad the both of you sound like you had a great time. Looking forward to the rest.

[jiffa]

Good read, looking forward to the rest

[CloudMaster]

Thanks again

Here comes day 3, apologies for the long write up but I can't help myself

Padge please correct/add to the strains purchased.

[Lemon Haze]

Np, looking forward to reading day 3!

[CloudMaster]

Day 3: Wednesday 12th February

CloudMaster:
My phone alarm goes off and drag my weary carcass out of my bed . I’m really not with it this morning, even brushing my teeth is an effort. I go to the kitchen and make myself a brew and roll a wake n bake. Excel is still lying in his pit catching flies, judging by his snoring it was a good thing I had the back bedroom.

My lungs feel battered this morning, all that smoking, vaping and the incense sticks burning all night have taken their toll. I finish my smoke and wake Excel with a second boil of the kettle. He tells me off for letting him sleep, I’m not fussed as its going to be a slow morning for me. I’m so stoned from the previous 2 days that I hardly notice the effects of the wake n bake .

We both drink copious amounts of the tea so after yet another brew we decide it’s time to get ready and start making our way to meet Padge near De Pijp. I tease Excel about last night, he finally made a brew after offering several times but forgetting. The tea he made was pretty unique, mine is a little milky so I head to the kitchen to find another teabag, as I go to stir the tea I notice my sugar cubes have not dissolved, the penny drops as I realise that he has forgotten to boil the kettle, that’s what I called stoned .

We leave the apartment and head for the Waterlooplein after agreeing dinner time with the apartment staff. Excel is cooking his piri piri chicken tonight which I’m very much looking forward to. We jump on the metro at the Waterlooplein and jump off after 2 stops, Padge is waiting for us on the platform. We stop at the supermarket for a few bits then head straight in to De Pijp via the Albert Cuyp market.

1st stop is Yo-Yo, this place is under refurbishment and everything is being packed up for storage, they will operate out of a container from next week. As we walk in I notice the very large play area outside, will the new laws change the way this place operates? I’m not overly impressed by their wares but Padge does try some cheap outdoor Friese, it’s not bad for the price.

We move round to Ibiza now and this place has a good menu, some old favourites but also new strains, didn’t look at the hash. From here on my report becomes sketchy around what was purchased etc so please excuse the vagueness, hopefully Padge will recall the correct purchases? We all buy something from here, we stay for about half an hour as it’s a nice coffeeshop but the music is not to any of our tastes.

Things get very blurry from here on but I think we have a look at Club Media, nothing on the menu stands out for me and the Budtenderess tells us that there is nowhere to sit right now so we move on. We look around quickly but decide that if we go to Katsu now there will be seats.

Katsu is the last nail in my coffin, up until now my tolerances have been good and I’ve not reached that saturation point. Excel and Padge head off to the counter to see what’s on offer, I think I have enough to keep me going until the afternoon so don’t buy anything. We notice that they have a water cooled vape and are soon sat at the table with a Japanese chap who shows us how to use it.

I’m very very stoned by now and consider my options, do I have a go and end up comatose and unsociable or pass and save for myself for later. Peer pressure ensues and I give in. Smoking Bubblegum in a vape at lunchtime was not the best idea but that was just the beginning. Padge has met the Japanese fellow before and recalls that he is an antiques dealer and we are all soon acquainted, he leads an interesting life travelling all over the world and had lived in many places so had some good stories to tell.

We spend an hour so in here smoking and vaping. Things get silly as I start to roll cocktails, the Japanese chaps remarks that my rolls are strong and that I like to mix, I explain that we have been smoking like fools since we got Amsterdam on Monday morning and he laughs. The Japanese chap has an apprentice who does not sit at the table with us, felt awkward as he approached his boss every so often with bits of paper he was working on at another table. As I say, it’s turning in to a heavy session when Excel passes the Parvati Pollen to the Japanese chap and tells him to put that in the vape. He uses his pen knife and puts a little on top of some ground bubble gum for the vape and all 4 of us are now enjoying this.

I realise then that I’ve hit my threshold, I can’t get any more stoned than this, saturation point reached. I ask Excel if my eyes look red or stoned as I rarely suffer from outward signs and he says I look no different than this morning, I tell Excel and Padge that I’m mega stoned and they laugh .

We decide to head back to the apartment as Excel is keen to make a start on dinner now that everyone has such high expectations for supper. We also have one last big blowout planned for tonight as Excel will not smoke tomorrow so are keen not to waste the whole afternoon. With that in mind we say a farewell to the Japanese chap and Excel makes him the offer dinner, he declines graciously and we leave Katsu after thanking the staff.

Back at the apartment we unload the day’s purchases and admire our collection of bags which we still have plenty of. It’s decided that we need to get a push on with the smoking this afternoon as there is so much left. Excel makes some final preparations for dinner and then we all get stuck in to smoking and vaping for a couple of hours.

Conversations seem a little surreal as we are all very stoned and we start talking about things like being stuck on a dessert island with just one strain of bud, what would your choice be? Etc. Padge makes a confession about his love for all things purple which I think is fairly appropriate on account of his avatar name. Excel moves upstairs to arrange the cooking of dinner and the staff agree to provide an accompaniment to the main course whilst Padge and I discuss his time in the city, what he likes about the place, how long he plans on staying etc.

Whilst Excel is cooking, Padge and I come to the conclusion that as this is our last night in the city we should hit a special coffeeshop, we had discussed 1e Le Hulp as I’d been there briefly on my last trip but did not have the time to stay and enjoy the place. Padge says the Hulp is the perfect last night gathering place and says he will come depending on how his GF is feeling. Padge leaves on Excel’s announcement that dinner will be 5 minutes, he says he wants come out tonight and will keep his fingers crossed that his GF is agreeable.

Excel is keen to eat with the staff upstairs and tries to convince me to join him, I’m so stoned I would embarrass myself, they are used to it he says but I’m not in the mood. I just need half an hour without conversation, eat and then I would be recharged. Excel concedes and brings me down a starter of the piri piri chicken which I devour with vigour, not had breakfast or lunch today. He tells me there is more to come with steamed rice which is a good thing as I’m starving. I put butter on my rice as I’ve always done since I was child and Excel joins me, surprised as he has never tried this before but as they say it’s the small things in life which give us the most pleasure.

I have to say I absolutely enjoyed the dinner and thank Excel for this treat (his cooking is ace but tea making skills are atrocious ). Excel has been applying his charm with everyone everywhere and apartment the staff have been no exception to this, whilst cooking dinner he has convinced one of the young ladies who works there to join us on our night out. I explain to Excel that 2 is company and 3 is a crowd but he says Padge will join us, 4 almost makes a party so that’s more like it.

After dinner clear up and we are ready to head out, we hear from Padge, he can make it and will meet us in Le Hulp, the young lady from upstairs joins us as we head off for the tram stop on Rembrandtplein. As we are walking it’s clear to see that this young lady is not shy and comes across very friendly. I jokingly ask her what the attraction of a night out with us is, one silver haired and one with no hair, she laughs and replies that it would be fun, tactful lol. We laugh and joke on the tram as she pretends to never have been to a coffeeshop and plays the innocent.

The young lady gives Excel a nickname which is very fitting with his northern English heritage and keeps calling him it all night, he doesn’t seem to mind. She is struggling to understand Excel’s accent and keeps staring blankly at him and I keep having to translate, she speaks English and French from Montreal Canada. As we ride the tram I jokingly ask the young lady to translate some fairly mundane phrases from English to French and she obliges, as unpatriotic as its sounds French is very pleasing to my ears, one phrase stuck in my mind “not tonight dear, I’m washing my socks” translated to “pas ce soir chéri, je me lave les chaussettes”

We arrive at Le Hulp and it’s busier than we expected, we make our purchases. I opt for Amnesia and NYCD, not sure what Excel picks up. I go upstairs and secure seating whilst Excel and the young lady arrange drinks. As I find the seats I can see that Padge has arrived so feel relieved that I will not be playing the gooseberry tonight. As we get seated our luck runs out as a dutch couple join us on the stairs and secure the sofa before we can get there, he proceeds to spill both their coffees and heads off to find a mop.

We settle down and conversation goes from here to there with the odd misunderstanding, we find out a little about each other. The young lady is an inspiring artist and singer and soon has her camera out. I notice that she does not decline any of the smokes and particularly enjoys a 6 way cocktail, not bad smoking for a 1st timer I joked. She opens up a little more and tells us about her exciting life in Montreal and how she wants to try DMT. Padge and I are both interested in this, he has tried it once but I’ve yet to experience this. She explains that there is a place in Amsterdam where you can perform a Huyawaska ritual which involves the use of DMT, It’s probably not everyone’s cup of tea but I have shamanic interests so this was a good talking point for me.

No idea what the time is but it’s after 10 and Padge says he has to go and the young lady says she still has 4 rooms to clean so Excel and I say our goodbyes to Padge, I feel a little sad as this may be the last time we see him, tomorrow he has stuff to do. Padge has been a true gent and kept us company everyday so far, he took us to De Pijp and we had a great time thanks to his fun character .

We jump on the tram back to apartment with the young lady and she says she will join us again tonight if she gets her cleaning done, we tell her the door will open and just to come in. My tolerance has levelled off now and I feel a little less stoned but we still have an awful lot of bags to get through.

I lay out what we have left and explain to Excel that we have to get through this tonight, he then produces a pot of lemon ice which he has purchased in Le Hulp unbeknownst to me. I tell him to get grinding and we swiftly move in to that smoke till you drop mode for our last night, we still have lots of Parvati Pollen left in the fridge too.

Around midnight the young lady comes down to wish us goodnight, she is very stoned from earlier and tired from cleaning so declines a further session with us cannaseurs as she put it. We vape and smoke till the early hours for one last time, 5am we roll a pollen bud cocktail which leaves us both beyond speech and ready for bed, Excel has managed to swing it so we can stay in the apartment till 6pm tomorrow when we both leave the City for the Airport.

As I lay down for my last night’s sleep in Amsterdam I feel the leaving blues kicking in , last day tomorrow and I always have mixed emotions. Sad I’m leaving but glad that I’m going home.

Exceluk1:
I'm nearly there, just a little more to left to tell

[Lemon Haze]

Sounds like a great time! Epic day of smoking and eating. I know how you feel, I always get the blues when I know it's time to leave Amsterdam and head home. One day I'll just lose my plane ticket and stick around for good.

[Padge247]

Purchases Day 3:
From Yo-Yo I got the Frysia (nice, mild outdoor Sativa, real first thing in the morning smoke, or maybe a good hash mixer)
From Ibizia I got the Master Bubba Kush (really enjoyed this strain), Excel got the Super Lemon Haze (better than his previous example this trip, but not quite up to Voyagers standards), I can't remember for the life of me what CM got, I will check the menu next time I am in and see if it rings any bells.
From 1e Hulp I got Chocolate Fondue


All other purchases are spot on ! Excel just got the Lemon ISO from 1e Hulp I think.

[PecosTheCat]

Epic report! Sounds like a great time.

[CloudMaster]

A big thank you to all for the reads and posts

I am just about to post the final part of the report, day 4. Excel still has day 3 & 4 to update with his versions .

Thanks for bearing with us!

[Lemon Haze]

Worth the wait, great read so far!!

[CloudMaster]

Day 4: Thursday 12th February

CloudMaster:
A brutal wake up call around 9.30am, a locksmith has arrived and is fixing the mechanism to the apartment front door, the key code was not unlocking as we found out on many a return to the digs, with all the drilling and banging I resign myself to getting out of bed and changed .

Excel is up and we enjoy a cup of tea together whilst we reminisce about the weeks adventures. I force myself to roll a wake n bake which I smoke very slowly. I look at the table and there are still bags of bud left to smoke, lemon iso and more than a day’s worth of pollen in the fridge still. Excel explains that he is not smoking today just as he had said earlier in the week. I work out how many rolls I will get out of what is left and soon realise that I’m not going to manage it all and I don’t enjoy smoking on my own.

This was my day 1 fear, it happens on every trip with my brother and friends as they often don’t smoke on the last day after making too many purchases. I’m so stoned and after 4 days of THC abuse not sure I can handle another day of obscene smoking, we are set to leave on the train from Central Station around 6pm and I don’t want to be completely comatose for the flight back home.

Excel can see my long face now and asks if I’m ok and I explain that I’m feeling a little fatigued and emotional (boy, are those leaving blues kicking in hard or what! ). I’ve had such a good time with Excel and Padge, it’s probably been one of my best trips (I am being totally sincere ) and I don’t want it to end.

We slowly get ready for the day and get our stuffed packed, just leaving the smoking stuff out. Excel is after breakfast but I’m beyond an appetite at this stage, Chocomel’s with cream will be my only required source of calories for the day. I roll some of the lemon ISO with some bud and that’s it all gone. Excel wants me to vape before we go out but I tell him that today it’s out of the question. No agenda today so we head off for a walk around the area to kill a bit of time.

This is where my report and Excel’s report differ, I was very stoned so may have my days confused. I’m pretty sure that we decide we want to go find gifts for our partners in the UK, Valentine’s day being the day after we get back. I think we stop for a drink and a smoke in Barneys before heading to the Albert Cuyp market where Excel buys some flowers for the young ladies at the apartment who have looked after us. I think we also stop for profertjes and once again Excel moans that his butter won’t melt into the powdered sugar, . We head back to the apartment as we both agree that we need to chill for a few hours, there is still plenty to smoke and we will be comfortable.

We settle back at the apartment and it’s not long before we get a message from Padge, he has got his jobs done and has a few hours to hand, he is coming to say a final final farewell . I’m really pleased as the 3 of us have got on very well and enjoyed ourselves. It’s not long before Padge arrives and we get stuck in to smoking and conversation again , Excel who is not smoking today is keen for us to vape but the 2 of us don’t have the tolerances required for a session of that kind and decline.

Conversation is light hearted and I soon start a bit of banter between Excel and Padge, both from the north of the UK but with various rivalries. I had no leg to stand on being a southern softie as they put it. Excel jokingly tells me off for smoking all the lemon iso before Padge arrived but as I explained I had no idea we would see him today so had entered the fight alone .

Whilst chatting we have a recap of the purchases and what we liked and disliked, Excel has not been impressed with the bud this trip and says nothing really stood out for him, he said he rarely tasted any flavour. I on the other hand thought the buds were pretty tasty but not as good as I had in the previous summer.

My favourite NYCD turned out to be Excel’s least favourite, he said his mouth tasted like he had been sucking on a car exhaust . Padge & I decide that vaping is great fun and a pretty good way to consume buds but it was not as good for us as rolling, the ritual of it all just makes this the best way for me. I also found that the vape was a bit like a stoned on switch whereas smoking rolls you tend to build up to a stone slowly which works much better for me.

The 3 of us giggle at the plans Excel and I made before the trip , the coffeeshops we had intended to visit, the half gram deals we would look for and soon realise that we only did about a 3rd of what we had agreed on, lol. Hey ho we had a lot of fun regardless of the agenda .

It’s all too soon before Padge announces that he has to head off, he accepts the remaining Parvati Pollen as a leaving gift from us and says his farewells. Once again I must say that Padge is a super chap and I’m very glad I had the chance to meet up with him . We agree to stay in touch and we say goodbye to Padge for the last time, the leaving blues hit even harder now that I’ve said goodbye to Padge. Before Padge left he had very kindled prepared a rolling paper by smearing the pollen on it for me, so I add some bud and roll my final cocktail.

It’s around 3pm now so we decide it would be nice to have one last drink in Barney’s and say our goodbyes, we’ve been there so many times it almost feels like our local. I smoke the pollen cocktail from earlier and once again I’m totally zoned. We decide that we should head back to the apartment for one final check of luggage and then relax for an hour or so before we leave. I roll a last bubblegum for the final smoke outside Schipol train station at the Airport.

We leave the apartment after hugs with the ladies and jump on the tram back to central, we are both sitting contemplating in silence. We arrive at Central Station and Excel has misplaced his chipkart, understandable after the abuse we’ve just put ourselves through. It’s not long before we are on the train and heading to Schipol, we both make an effort to be sociable but I’m finding it difficult now, lack of sleep, mixed emotions and being totally stoned don’t help .

We get off the train at Schipol and I stand in my usual spot for that one last smoke. The bubble gum is a nice leaving smoke, Excel tries to inhale passively. Once finished smoking I tell him that the trip is now effectively over, his face drops now .

We lurk around the airport for a bit, get a coffee etc and it’s not long before Excel’s flight is called, we say our goodbyes near his gate and I thank him for the great time I’ve had. The next time we will talk will be online in the UK. I head to my gate early and again sit in quiet contemplation for a while, soon I’m on the plane and heading back to UK.

As I relax in my plane seat I think about the previous 4 days and smile, if I could only turn back the clock and do it all again. It was a great trip, made new friends and had a blast of a time .

The next trip is already in the planning…………………

Exceluk1:
Ok, OK I'm nearly finished, my bit to follow shortly.......

[samadora]

Good read gentlemen! I'm in the same boat as you when it comes to always ending up with an impossible stash of different weed & hash. I'm like a kid in a sweet shop every damn time.