21/04/2022 - Up rather early despite the late night and all the dabs and edibles consumed and after my shower was feeling rather spritely and raring to go for another days blazing it up . The usual Wake 'n' Bake dabs on the balcony were underway and Mike poked his out head out said morning and went and had a shower, while I had another dab and got my stuff together while eating a 100mg choc bar We jumped on the tram up to the Rembrandtplien and headed in to St James Gate an Irish bar for our 1st full cooked breakfast of this trip
, normally these bars would be packed but we were able to stroll on in take a seat and get our order in straight away 2 x Full Irish with 2 x Teas and 2 x Orange Juice and boy was it a tasty breakfast which set me up for a good portion of the day 
. We settled the bill and left to take the short stroll up to Coffeeshop Old Church 2 for the 'Dab 'n' Press Session' I had set up 
We arrived and @CoupenhagenCouple was already seated and well in to rolling a nice fat spliff
and @Mike and @Ghost sat at the table next to him and said 'Good Morning' and fist bumps were exchanged. I proceeded to the counter and said Hello to the friendly female budtender and asked to look at a few tubs as i wanted to see what looked like would be good to squish on the press . I went for 1g Papaya Punch - 13euro, 1g Strawberry Banana Kush - 15euro, 1g 
- euro
I had a conversation with the Budtender about using the press and she said that only she was allowed to use it, I explained that I had had the same press and have been pressing for quite a few years now, a local customer @James was in who was having bits pressed and all of a sudden I was allowed to use the press myself and the Budtender proceeded in giving my the puck maker and the parchment paper to press in to. The American @James came over and wanted to know information on the process and obtaining the best returns and flavours
. I was in my element and proceeded in putting my G of Papaya Punch in to the Puck Maker and pressing a nice round puck out and sliding it in to the parchment paper I had already prepared . I put the paper between the press plates and reduced the temperature slightly as they had it to High for my liking, Temp set I raised the plates until there was a 5mm gap between plates and started my stopwatch to 50 sec/1 min, when the min was up I raised the plates until they were nearly completely shut and waited a further 2min and then lowered the plates down , @James and budtender were impressed with the return and colour I had obtained and wanted to know more .
I could spend the whole day in this shop pressing and dabbing rosin
@CoupenhagenCouple asked if I could press a couple of flavours for him, one was a Tangie and the other was Lemon Tree OG from Coffeeshop Bagheera's and we made another puck up of the combined flavours which was around 1.5g and back in to the press she went for the allocated time
Then after a while the plates were lowered to reveal a lovely looking Rosin, which was left to rest and then collected up I was explaining to @James the process and ended up pressing a flavour for him and showing the budtender best paper techs, best amount of herb for press, timings and temps etc. They were Happy One of my favourite shops when in town .
A lovely Gooey Nonsolvent Rosin
After around a hour had passed and @Lemming + @Igraine arrived In attendance were @Ghost @CoupenhagenCouple @Azlaker @Mike @Lemming @Igraine and @James and @Budtender
. @Lemming + @Igraine were impressed with the nice clean volcano in the shop and wasted no time in getting the attachments fitted and a bag was filled with 'THC' and passed around the group and then it was repeated as the session continued for around another hour and then it was time to say goodbye to @James and the friendly Budtender 
and make our way to Coffeeshop Het Ballonnetje. 
After a pleasant stroll we arrived at Coffeeshop Het Ballonnetje and upon entering we were greeted warmly and sat at the large table was @Nuggz, hello's exchanged and the rest of the group all arriving and settling in to seats, we were giving the real Royal Treatment by @Het Ballonnetje with the guys handing out drinks to us and then putting 2 large platters of sandwich's with different fillings on to the table
which we quickly dive in to and start devouring after a mornings session they even supplied non meat sarnies for those that don't eat meat quality guys 
Art from inside Het Ballonnetje - (Pic credit to @Azlaker)
They then threw bags of 2 different strains on to the table of some of their top quality flower
which was Pint Sized which I had already sampled earlier in the week and knew the quality was spot on with this one and the other was a Cream Cookies excellent quality also everybody started admiring the flowers that had been thrown on to the table and started rolling spliffs, loading their bongs or pipes and vapes the session was under way and then a lump of the Balloons best dry sift was added to the mix another quality product which was an excellent addition to our session and cocktails started being made up 
Lovely Bud of the 'Pint Sized'
from Het Ballonnetje 
Excellent Flower 'Cream Cookies' - Het Ballonnetje
The chat around the table was flowing nicely and the vibes coming from everybody were super
, we were all having a fantastic time, enjoying everybody's company and the Top Quality Smoke and food and drink and just all the service we received We were being extremely spoiled by the Coffeeshop Het Ballonnetje I can not put in to words the Hospitality we received from the Guys/Gals down at the 'Balloon' The session continued for the whole afternoon until people started make their way to other locations, to either get food or to another coffeeshop. Massive Thanks To All At Het Ballonnetje - can not thank you guys enough 
Who ever makes this possible for ACD to get that treatment down at the 'Balloon' we all Thank You Massively @ 
ACD Crew at session were @Coffeeshop Het Ballonnetje @Lemming @Igraine @Azlaker @Bedge @CopenhagenCouple @Nuggz @Ghost @Mike
What was left of the very tasty 'Dry Sift'
@Lemming mingling around the Coffeeshop
@Bedge @Igraine @Lemming smoking it up
Awesome T-Shirt from the Balloon
The Farm 
Baseball Cap
420 
Session under way and a platter of those tasty sandwich's
Some went back towards Dam Square and some went back towards there apartments for a while, @Mike and @Ghost we went back towards our Hotel and had a chill out on the balcony with a few dabs and smokes for an hour while we sorted our stuff out and picked up some more edibles for later in the day
. After a while we made our way towards the Leidsplien to find a suitable location to have some food and as it was our last proper night in town, we thought we would push the boat out a little so I took @Mike to the New York Steak House on a corner of the Leidsplien. This is a small restaurant which you have to catch a lift up to the small but extremely nice and plush seating area .As the lift opened we were greeted and taken to a table by a window which overlooked the not as lively Leidsplien square, a couple of large beers ordered and we pondered over the 3 choices of meat on the menu
We were informed that one of the meats was already sold out, so we went over to the meat fridge and had a look at the cuts which were left and chose the 1.2kg Tomahawk T Bone between us which came with all the extras like fries and salad
They only sell 3 choices of meat here and all are of a special quality in their own way 
Now this has got to be one of the best steaks I have ever had when visiting Amsterdam and I have had a few over the years
Not the cheapest place to visit, so if your on a budget then best to avoid, but if you want some quality in a lovely establishment then give it a go . We followed our main with another large beer and a rather tasty chocolate tart kind of thing, which was banging A coffee while we settled up the rather expensive bill and we were on our way up towards Dam Square to meet up with the ACD Crew who were hanging up at the Flying Dutch ManUpon arrival we grabbed a couple of beers and saw the crew at a large round table near the rear of the Flying Dutch Man getting the session already underway,
we joined the crew and said our hello's, in attendance at the round table were @Lemming @Igraine @CoupenhagenCouple @Bedge @Mike @Ghost, joints were being rolled and vapes were being loaded and hit , people were making cocktails and fat old doobies were being rolled, beers were being sunk and the chat was in fall flow around the table @CoupenhagenCouple kindly handed an Edible from Coffeeshop Paradox which didn't touch the sides and was a nice addition to the already healthy buzz I had going on After a few hours of smoking and drinking with the crew @Mike and myself had to say our goodbyes to everybody at the table(wish we had just walked it and stayed later with you guys
) and make the last tram back down to our digs and went straight out to the balcony and got the rig set up while @Mike made a few smokes and a much needed cup of T for us, we split a spare brownie that I had in my bag and chatted about the great day that we had had again and how it was going to be our last day in town tomorrow, it has gone way to quick 
Random Pic From Walk
Another Random
Massive thanks to each and everyone I met and chatted to over the course of the day, you were all great
and a Huge and Massive Thanks to all the ACD CREW for another Fantastic Day 
Anyways, it WA such a lovely time at ballonnetje and I was cracking up thinking about how none of us could remember what Pint Sized was called and asked them a few hundred times. I remember I even had to go check on the menu heading out the door as we had all forgotten yet again (after having been told for the umpteenth time mere minutes before) and I was starting to find it embarrassing to keep asking 
