Our hotel was located just a few blocks off the bustling Rembrandtsplein, and we headed straight there from the station. After getting showered and changing our grubby plane clothes we headed out at about 3:30pm. Our first stop was Barney’s Lounge, located just a few blocks off the square on a quiet canal. Modern, the décor favors wood and neutral colors, comfortable seating, several vaporizers, and cool tables with illuminated grass-cloth tops. Compact bar, 1-2 tenders working. Great menu. Tenders will show you the bud, let you smell it, and weigh and bag it in front of you. ?Irish? Fair-haired male tender. Asked what he was liking now, he recommended the Hawaiian Snow, 13E/g.
Hawaiian Snow smelled great and the pure sativa seemed great for our jet-lagged heads. Asked what else was good, and he showed us the Amnesia Haze, which I had been reading about and was fresh and delicious smelling (13E/g). I also asked him for a pure indica or heavy-indica recommendation for tonight when we wanted to sleep. He immediately pulled out the Red Dragon (13 E/g). 100% Bio/ organic, and it smelled like heaven in a pine forest. Fat emerald green dense nugs with red and gold hairs and bright white crystals along the stems and edges of the leaves. We grabbed a gram of each, and opted to head out, as the place was bustling and the seating was full (4pm on Friday 11/7).
Later in the trip we had great fresh mint tea and chocolate milkshakes and snagged a table in the back. Different male tender recommended the Laughing Buddha and the G-13 Haze. The Laughing Buddha looked like a strongly sativa dominant weed, and was a little low, so I opted for the G-13 Haze, which hit fresh and light, and smelled like lemon and lavender soap. It was good enough that I don’t remember the price. Great morning weed.
We dropped in a tourist shop to buy a glass piece and a lighter. Then we found a quiet bench and smoked a small bowl each of the Hawaiian Snow. The 100% sativa weed smelled like pineapples and pine and had a light, spicy taste. The high was clear, instant, energetic, positive, and very creative. It was a long, lean crystally sativa looking bud that actually left my fingers sticky and tasting like lemon candy. It had us smiling instantly and up walking to find a grocery store within 20 minutes. Great bud.
After we bought dinner provisions and started walking back towards our hotel, we found another secluded bench and broke out the Amnesia Haze (Barney’s Lounge 13 e/g, Amnesia 13e/g & 59e/5g) I think that I failed to mention before that it was an absolutely beautiful day, 70 degrees F and by now it was 6pm or so. The light was absolutely brilliant and the sky was crystal blue. The Amnesia Haze smelled like lemons, chocolate, and wet steel. It tasted surprisingly light, spicy, and with a flinty finish, like a good New Zealand or Californian Sauvignon Blanc. The blend looks and tastes sativa dominant. With dense powdery crystals on longer, thinner buds. This weed is extremely visual and horney. Any weed that has you fucking through the jet lag, hunger, and lack of sleep gets an A+ from me and the Mr. This was also great bud.
If we had been smart, we would have pushed on to Mellow Yellow that evening, but exhaustion and the promise of tasty snacks drove us back to the hotel. We laid out a killer picnic, and smoked some of the Hawaiian Snow and some of the Amnesia Haze until we were ready for bed. The Amnesia Haze is very sensual and great with food and music. The Hawaiian Snow seems to give an up boost that will even cut through a fairly dense stone.
We then hit the Red Dragon, (Barney’s 13e/g) Bio/ organic.
More later. We tried 16 in all.
