August 22nd - Day 1
After I had already travelled to Amsterdam this past March, I still felt the urge to return soon. I just didn't get out of the hotel the last time, mostly because some fellow travelers managed not to leave the house before 4pm on some days. So I packed my bags with another, much more motivated friend and took off. This time we were able to lay down in the night train which gave us around 6 hours of sleep that night; much more than usually. We arrived to a cloudy sky in the morning. After calling the hotel, they told us we can check right in. So we went there, dropped the bags off, had a sandwich, took a shower and off we were.
First of all we went for a little stroll around the Spui area. Our first stop was Utopia for AK47 at 10€/g. It had a really sweet taste. As both us hadn't smoked in more than 2 weeks it hit indeed quite hard. So we just wandered around afterwards without caring about where we were.
Once we calmed down, Bluebird for some Somari at 12,50€ for 0,9g. Unfortunately, we hadn't had a (good) filler back then so couldn't go for their hash (which we never made this trip).The Somari cleared the effects of the AK47 a little up, fuely taste with a little citrus.
Next is a buy'n'fly at Greenplace for Shoreline at 15€/g.
Had some food and back at the hotel we sampled the Shoreline. It has a nice taste, the smoke was a little harsh in our opinion. Cut through the Somari with a buzz that was more on the stony side compared to the previous strains, but it wasn't overpowering.
Next stop: Paradox for a filler; 1,6g Bio at 10€. (thanks for the recommendations on here
) Unfortunately, the bigger bag was sold out so only went for the 1,6g version. I know I could have gotten several of those bags, but I just didn't think of that 
. We also got Chemdawg at 5€ for 0,4g which had little taste and no immediate effect that was able to cut through the earlier smokes, but later it turned into a clear relaxed stone. Forgot to buy some Space Cakes; the atmosphere in the shop was nice as always. Wanted to go to the Waterlooplein for the market but were too late so just sat there while some workers were deconstructing it.
Back to the hotel for the rest of the Greenplace Shoreline and then off to Voyagers. On the way, some guy offered me drugs. This was the first time I saw that happening since this White Heroin thing. I hope we won't go back to the old days. At Voyagers, we grab LA Fire 15€/g. Sweet smell, but not too much taste. Nice heavy stone followed. Then more of the Bluebird Somari. I have never seen that many free seats at Voyagers (one time we even had the entire place to ourselves
). On the way out we also picked up Atlas hash at 10€/g. Back at the hotel we sampled it with some Paradox Bio. The Bio had little smell, a little sweet when ground up. The Atlas was easy to handle and a little oily. Nice stone, the taste of the Bio didn't come through too much. Turns out to be nice for a stroll to de Pijp.Amsterdam really is quite lively in the center, but the amount of people gets less and less quickly once you get away from the center. Also, I love how the people make the city green by placing all those plants in front of their houses. In a side street of Rokin, one person even had a tree in a pot.
Upon arrival, de Graal is packed. We still bought the Santa Maria at 7€/g as recommended on here. Has the price gone up a little? Walked over to Club Media which had plenty of free seats. No Hindu Kush on the menu, so Blue Dream at 12,50€/g before entering the area where you can smoke. Upon trying that, the female budtender told us that foreigners are not allowed inside after 11pm and that only club members could enter. Uhh... what?? Katsu was packed as well.
So we walked all the way back to Utopia as it was getting late. I know, a little chaotic travelling route
. At Utopia we had the Grape Ape Kush at 15€/g. Really sweet smell, taste is earthy and sweet followed by a heavy stone. After half of it we move to the seats outside where we had the rest of it. After that, we got 0,5g of Super Silver Haze for 7€ (the price went up a little due to us buying half a g). I love that they also do half gram deals. Citrus smell that showed through in the taste quite well. Wanted then to buy the other half of the gram but they were closing so back to the hotel to chill, watch TV and play Sega Mega Drive. Smoked some of Club Media's Blue Dream which had a sweet fruity smell that transfers to the taste but isn't able to lift us up this late Afterwards, we had the rest of Voyagers' Atlas with some Paradox Bio as nightcap.
went to katsu go stead...
