Dave J wrote:Gotta put my moneys worth onto the hat lol. So mainly to the original poster:
So, all 3 of you are booked and off reguardless of what is said. There is no point in saying not to go as it's already been said. But I fail to see how you can honestly say that all 3 sets of parents know you are going to Amsterdam and to smke cannabis. And there is next to no chance of all 6 parents\guardians being ok with what you are going to do.
What is obvious however is that neither of you have probably ever been abroad or abroad on your own before. Your age makes this a certain fact right!. So at the very least you are all going to be complete amatures in a foreign city and stand out just so much.
Have you guys even thought what a target for the hard drug users, muggers, conmen, pick-pockets ets you will be from the very second you get out of the train station?. Have you even got a hotel\hostel booked yet?. As someone correct me if I'm wrong or it's been mentioned in this thread before, but I think you will find it extremly hard to find anywere that will allow 3 under 18's to stay anywere on there own?. Got an adult to book your room\beds for you then eh?. Think again you will possably have to hand over your passport as security during your stay. Or at the very least you can be as near sure to 100% as you can possably get that any hotel\hostel\apartment owner\manager will want your passports off each of you to verify your i.d. and age. What are you going to do then when you or the card owner you may have got to book your ccomodation has invalidated the booking by declearing you are all over 18. Sure under 18's are allowed in very, very few hotels etc. But that is likely on the sole condition that there is also an over 18 with you.
So if you get past all that, probably highly unlikely, what the hell are you going to do when the guy you gave €50 to to nip in the coffeeshop to buy your gear does'nt come out, but has instead kept the money for himself?. Or even if his does a runner from you knowing the street as he would you'd never catch him!.
Not that I'm saying any of the above will happen to you or cause you problems of cause. Have a good trip lay and good luck, your going to need it!.
I would rather you didn't make assumptions about me. FOr your information I have been abroad on my own on many occasions. In the summer i went to Nicaragua (central America) and stayed with friends. I have been to Belgium to visit friends on my own on many occasion, i also live four months a year on my own as my dad works abroad 1/3 of the year. I actually have travelled to many countries, an approximate is to 18 countries (im not showing off im just responding to your assumption).
It is true that at the moment we do not have a reservation which we might regret but we are thinking of "orfeo" or "anemarie" which ive been told allow over 16 year olds to check in, i don't know if anyone knows if this is true???
Look i know it will be risky to give someone the money and expect them to buy the weed, but we have no choice if we want to go to amsterdam underage. It might end up being a really bad experience but i think it will teach us to be more responsible in the future.
I know youre just trying to give a responsible advice and I appreciate it. I also know that there are enormous risks as we are underage and we are going to try our best to stay safe and avoid any trouble.
I know we will probabily stand out, however i think the fact that we all act and look at least over 17 might help a bit.
