01 - 05 Feb
Posted: Sat 10th Feb 2007 05:11 pm
Right, where to begin. Bit of a different trip for us this time, the previous six have all been great, but smoking weed for 18 hours a day, 5 days straight does get a bit boring after a while 
This time me and Tweakor (username on here) went along with a couple of female friends, Sarah and Nat as they don't really smoke much so we could count on them to make us do things when we were stoned!
Thursday 01 Feb
Got a cab at 10.00am, arrived at the airport at 10.15, checked in, flew at 10.50 (left it a bit late but we got there!). Arrived at Schipol, normal process, customs, food, train to Centraal.
Headed straight to Nes with our bags, to discover my favourite ever strain, Stella Blue was gone forever (mother plant died). Got some blueberry instead, along with some Trip Haze and WW ice hash, smoked a couple in the outside seats, then walked up to the Rokin where we got a cab to the apartment.
We stayed in Leidesplein (sp?) this time, an area I have never been to before (normally stay within 1kmish of the RLD.) Met the apartment host, paid and sorted that, then me and Tweak smoked for a bit whilst the girls went to get some food. They returned a few hours later, after checking out some bars, and we all went out into the square for some food and drinks.
After going to a few bars, we ended up in a cheesy club (Cafe Amsterdam) and stayed there til about 3, getting pretty drunk in the process (Spirit measures in Holland are twice the size of the UK!). Ended up having a game of plastic bag football with some drunk Dutch girls, then went back to the apartment, had a smoke and went to bed.
Friday 02 Feb
Woke up at 2pm somewhat worse for wear, but the Blueberry soon took the edge off, and we walked to the Albert Cuyp market (I make no apologies for spelling, Dutch is an evil language!) Bought some food, then went to Albert Hein to buy booze and food we couldn't get from the market. Popped to Katsu to buy Crystal clear and another hash I hadn't tried before "Flower Fresh" (I think). Didn't stop in Katsu as we wanted to hit Club Media and it was getting late.
Media is now officially my favourite coffeeshop for their strains, we bought Hippy, Dutch Punch and Hindu Kush, all at good prices (between 3.4-3.8grams for 23e depending on strain). Didn't stop in Media either as we were hungry and wanted to chill and smoke in the apartment.
Got back and had a look at the weed, totally unshaken, you could see every tricome head, lovely! The Dutch Punch was amazing, super fruity taste, really nice Sativa high, not fuzzy at all though, quite a lot like GA's MMG. Had a few joints of each Media weed, then had some drinks in the apartment. Went out to the square about 9pmish after food and getting drunk, and spent the night in Cafe De Waard. I got smashed, and cannot remember leaving the bar, but woke up in my own bed somehow! (There are pictures pictures of me dancing with lampposts and passed out on the floor, but I don't remember it so it didn't happen...!)
Sat 03 Feb
Got up about 11amish, amazingly feeling absolutely fine, and smoked more of the Media weeds with Tweak, the girls walked into central to go to Anne Frank house and to do some shopping.
We got a cab in a bit later on, went straight to GA and picked up a nice 4g bud of Chocolope Haze, along with a couple of grams of Grey Berry. Walked back to Dam square and got some pizza, then met the girls and we headed to the Cannabis College to check the plants out. Back to the Nes, for some drinks and to smoke some GA weed, met JBomb briefly and got a cab back to the apartment.
Whilst we were in Nes we saw a flier for gig's at a place called Melweg near out apartment and saw that a band called "Brand New" (not sure if anyone's heard of them) were playing that night. I'm not a massive fan (a bit emo for my liking!) but listen to some of their stuff quite regurally, so we thought we'd go down. Tweak and Sarah went to sleep pretty early, so me and Nat walked down about 7ish to try and find the place and see if we could get tickets (it was sold out). The Melweg has a cafe and art gallery attached to the back, and we went it there to try and find out where the gig was exactly. We waited a little while at the counter, then noticed a door at the back and decided to have a look to see what was behind it, walked through and we were in the cloakroom for the gig...result!
The place had a really nice feel to it, very similar to my favourite club in Norwich, and they had vodka + redbull on tap so I was in my element! After Brand New finished we got a cycle rickshaw thing to Dam Square and proceeded to get drunk in the Nes. I bought another gram of Trip Haze, and this, coupled with the alcohol had me laughing like I was smoking for the first time again. After the Nes we went to another bar and an Irish pub and I *think* we got a cab back, but I can't remember really.
Sun 04 Feb
Woke, smoked then walked to Club Media and bought a load more Hippy + Dutch Punch, and some White Widow aswell. Had a smoke in Media, then walked back to the apartment, stopping at a supermarket on the way to get some food. Had some food and smoked for a while, waiting for the girls to come back from the Heineken experience.
Went to Cafe De Waard again, then onto Cafe Amsterdam where we persuaded the DJ to play some Pendulum (anyone a fan?), rather than the cheese they so enjoyed playing. Ended up getting drunk again and although I havn't seen the photos yet, I'm told they involve poledancing
Ended up smoking in the apartment until about 6am, and remember being paralysed by a White Widow w/WW Ice hash joint to the point I couldn't move my arms while I was lying in bed 
Mon 05 Feb
Woke up at 8am, packed everything up and handed the keys back. Got a cab into central, got some breakfast and headed back to Schipol. Our flight was delayed by 2 hours, and during that time they decided to do sniffer dog training, I've never seen a dog so obessed with my coat, I was sh!tting myself Nothing came of it though, and the flight home was fine, no issues with customs. Got a cab back to Sarah's and inspected our stash, about 10grams in total which is a new record 
Smoked lots of media weed, and some chocolope then got a cab home and slept...lots 
I would have to say this was my favourite trip so far, the Leidesplein area is a lot nicer than RLD to stay in, and although it was no more producitve than smoking, it was a nice change to go out to clubs and bars in the evenings. Apologies for the rambling, I'm still smoking WW ice + crystal clear...
®ev
Apartment:
http://lovingamsterdam.com/Amsterdam_ap ... _1170.html
This time me and Tweakor (username on here) went along with a couple of female friends, Sarah and Nat as they don't really smoke much so we could count on them to make us do things when we were stoned!Thursday 01 Feb
Got a cab at 10.00am, arrived at the airport at 10.15, checked in, flew at 10.50 (left it a bit late but we got there!). Arrived at Schipol, normal process, customs, food, train to Centraal.
Headed straight to Nes with our bags, to discover my favourite ever strain, Stella Blue was gone forever (mother plant died). Got some blueberry instead, along with some Trip Haze and WW ice hash, smoked a couple in the outside seats, then walked up to the Rokin where we got a cab to the apartment.
We stayed in Leidesplein (sp?) this time, an area I have never been to before (normally stay within 1kmish of the RLD.) Met the apartment host, paid and sorted that, then me and Tweak smoked for a bit whilst the girls went to get some food. They returned a few hours later, after checking out some bars, and we all went out into the square for some food and drinks.
After going to a few bars, we ended up in a cheesy club (Cafe Amsterdam) and stayed there til about 3, getting pretty drunk in the process (Spirit measures in Holland are twice the size of the UK!). Ended up having a game of plastic bag football with some drunk Dutch girls, then went back to the apartment, had a smoke and went to bed.
Friday 02 Feb
Woke up at 2pm somewhat worse for wear, but the Blueberry soon took the edge off, and we walked to the Albert Cuyp market (I make no apologies for spelling, Dutch is an evil language!) Bought some food, then went to Albert Hein to buy booze and food we couldn't get from the market. Popped to Katsu to buy Crystal clear and another hash I hadn't tried before "Flower Fresh" (I think). Didn't stop in Katsu as we wanted to hit Club Media and it was getting late.
Media is now officially my favourite coffeeshop for their strains, we bought Hippy, Dutch Punch and Hindu Kush, all at good prices (between 3.4-3.8grams for 23e depending on strain). Didn't stop in Media either as we were hungry and wanted to chill and smoke in the apartment.
Got back and had a look at the weed, totally unshaken, you could see every tricome head, lovely! The Dutch Punch was amazing, super fruity taste, really nice Sativa high, not fuzzy at all though, quite a lot like GA's MMG. Had a few joints of each Media weed, then had some drinks in the apartment. Went out to the square about 9pmish after food and getting drunk, and spent the night in Cafe De Waard. I got smashed, and cannot remember leaving the bar, but woke up in my own bed somehow! (There are pictures pictures of me dancing with lampposts and passed out on the floor, but I don't remember it so it didn't happen...!)
Sat 03 Feb
Got up about 11amish, amazingly feeling absolutely fine, and smoked more of the Media weeds with Tweak, the girls walked into central to go to Anne Frank house and to do some shopping.
We got a cab in a bit later on, went straight to GA and picked up a nice 4g bud of Chocolope Haze, along with a couple of grams of Grey Berry. Walked back to Dam square and got some pizza, then met the girls and we headed to the Cannabis College to check the plants out. Back to the Nes, for some drinks and to smoke some GA weed, met JBomb briefly and got a cab back to the apartment.
Whilst we were in Nes we saw a flier for gig's at a place called Melweg near out apartment and saw that a band called "Brand New" (not sure if anyone's heard of them) were playing that night. I'm not a massive fan (a bit emo for my liking!) but listen to some of their stuff quite regurally, so we thought we'd go down. Tweak and Sarah went to sleep pretty early, so me and Nat walked down about 7ish to try and find the place and see if we could get tickets (it was sold out). The Melweg has a cafe and art gallery attached to the back, and we went it there to try and find out where the gig was exactly. We waited a little while at the counter, then noticed a door at the back and decided to have a look to see what was behind it, walked through and we were in the cloakroom for the gig...result!
The place had a really nice feel to it, very similar to my favourite club in Norwich, and they had vodka + redbull on tap so I was in my element! After Brand New finished we got a cycle rickshaw thing to Dam Square and proceeded to get drunk in the Nes. I bought another gram of Trip Haze, and this, coupled with the alcohol had me laughing like I was smoking for the first time again. After the Nes we went to another bar and an Irish pub and I *think* we got a cab back, but I can't remember really.
Sun 04 Feb
Woke, smoked then walked to Club Media and bought a load more Hippy + Dutch Punch, and some White Widow aswell. Had a smoke in Media, then walked back to the apartment, stopping at a supermarket on the way to get some food. Had some food and smoked for a while, waiting for the girls to come back from the Heineken experience.
Went to Cafe De Waard again, then onto Cafe Amsterdam where we persuaded the DJ to play some Pendulum (anyone a fan?), rather than the cheese they so enjoyed playing. Ended up getting drunk again and although I havn't seen the photos yet, I'm told they involve poledancing
Ended up smoking in the apartment until about 6am, and remember being paralysed by a White Widow w/WW Ice hash joint to the point I couldn't move my arms while I was lying in bed Mon 05 Feb
Woke up at 8am, packed everything up and handed the keys back. Got a cab into central, got some breakfast and headed back to Schipol. Our flight was delayed by 2 hours, and during that time they decided to do sniffer dog training, I've never seen a dog so obessed with my coat, I was sh!tting myself
Nothing came of it though, and the flight home was fine, no issues with customs. Got a cab back to Sarah's and inspected our stash, about 10grams in total which is a new record Smoked lots of media weed, and some chocolope then got a cab home and slept...lots I would have to say this was my favourite trip so far, the Leidesplein area is a lot nicer than RLD to stay in, and although it was no more producitve than smoking, it was a nice change to go out to clubs and bars in the evenings. Apologies for the rambling, I'm still smoking WW ice + crystal clear...
®ev
Apartment:
http://lovingamsterdam.com/Amsterdam_ap ... _1170.html
