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If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much.
Certainly true. Usually I plan to be productive and sometimes end up partying, but the plan is reversed in teh Nedderlander: plan to come in guns blazin' (that's not the only thing that will be blazing ...) and rip Amsterdam up for a few days.
Amsterdam holds some memories for me. My dad travels a lot on business and he sometimes passed through Amsterdam. Ten years ago, he told me stories of how cool it was, how the drug system and prostitution worked, and all that fun stuff. Apparently, Amsterdam was a really safe place. Now it's gotten worse, from what I hear ...
When I was 12 after years of hearing about it, I finally got to go there with my grandmother. She took me to my dad's favorite coffee shop. I was immediately kicked out, but I passed my order on to my granny and indeed I smoked my first joint back at the hotel. Holy shit, I coughed. I thought I got high but I didn't really feel anything, though I slept 14 hours.
This time, however, I come back with a full arsenal: money I've set specifically aside (though Amsterdam is much cheaper compared to Norway), experience, and life adventurism. Nothing can go wrong.
I plan to spend 5-7 days in and around Amsterdam in the first week of September or so. Anyone want to join me? Pink Floyd and pot are a must.
If not, can anyone house me? Let me know!
Cheers.
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wait wait wait you smoked a joint with your grandma?
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I think Grandma played middle-man for the drug purchase. Correct me if I'm wrong. If your Grandma smokes that's pretty cool man
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On August 19 2009 00:31 AuraCoMO wrote:
wait wait wait you smoked a joint with your grandma?
apparently thats how they roll up there.
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Amsterdam is safe. I backpacked alone for 3.5 weeks and spent 4 or 5 days there and met with Frits one day. If you're not a total idiot, you can get whacked but keep your head on your shoulders somewhat, you're ok.
Amsterdam is expensive as fuck. If you're staying in the RLD, you're gonna have to take a tram to find anything reasonably cheap (ie., fucking breakfast cost me as much as 11e one morning for a crappy omlet, toast and stuff.). Even with pregaming, I was spending upwards of 100e a day between food, booze and the coffee shops.
For most places, a pint of beer is 5-6e. Half pints are 2.50 or 3. Shots tend to be closer to 4-5, and the absinthe (which you must do) can go anywhere from like 7 for the cheapo stuff to 15 for the top notch, 35mgwormwood/150 proof stuff that knocks you on your ass.
For coffee shops, stay away from the bulldogs. They're expensive, overrated chain place, and the two times I went in there, both the guys behind the counter were absolute pricks. Coffee Sho 36 was pretty nice, cept for the one time some lady kicked me out for having a bottle of water with me (you've got to buy a drink there, but she didn't see me have my coffee). The hillside blues is really nice too. I'll give you the exact street later, but they're both right on the water, just across the street from Amsterdam Centraal.
For drinking, latch on to the bar crawl. However—and fritz will back me on this—they are a rip, 20e to get in, and they give you a 'free shot' at each place that is like 75% water, 25% 60proof booze. Fuck that. What you do is go to the first place they meet at, don't buy the thing, find the cutest girls in there and ask them if they're on the crawl and just follow them. If anyone tries to charge you/kick you out, say you just met them and are buying them drinks. If you get booted, wait 5 min and walk back in, since the crawl doesn't own or have anything to do with the bars.
Also on the same street as Hillside Blues and CoffeeShop 36 is this big pool hall place at the end of the road. At night, this place turns into a big club and is usually the last spot on the crawl. It's pretty good. For drinking, go to Amsterdam on the weekend, that's when it's insane. Weekdays are pretty tame there from a drinking standpoint.
The black dudes on the street with big bags are the coke/heroin dealers. If one of these dudes approaches you, just ignore them, don't look them in the eye (unless you're into that shit, of course.) If you are, just be intelligent and don't go down a fucking alley way with them, because that's how you get jumped. And for god's sake, don't take out your camera in the RLD, because you will get your ass kicked by a big Bond villian looking character and get tossed in the canal.
Running out, but i'll drop some more in here later.
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I was in amsterdam 2 weeks ago
fantastic, il post pics soon :D
would highly recommend it.
something about smoking in vondell park chatting to the nicest people ever (the dutch) and having a great time, that gives a feelin u cant beat anywhere else in the world.
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If you only came a couple of weeks earlier.. First week of september is first week of my internship, hehe.
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Fantastic material, thanks Hawk. What's the price of weed, avg. of mids and avg. of the really high-end stuff?
And sorry Navane  Maybe we can meet up? Or is that in Southern Holland?
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Oh yeah, Hawk! You went backpacking, I remember that topic in teh L. How did that go man? Did you enjoy yourself?
I'm still backpacking ... for the next 4 months, lol. Getting slightly tiring, need to go to Amsterdam, lay back and recharge.
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On August 19 2009 00:43 Hawk wrote:
Amsterdam is expensive as fuck.
I beg to differ. Compared to London, Paris, and Oslo, it's pretty cheap. It's comparable with places like Edinburgh and Dublin. Sure, not as cheap as random towns in the US, but this is fucking Amsterdam.
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I want to go back to Amsterdam sooo bad u_u;
I love Pink Floyd and pot T_T;
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I was in London, and Amsterdam is way more expensive. I wasn't in Paris long enough to compare.
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On August 19 2009 03:13 The Raurosaur wrote:I beg to differ. Compared to London, Paris, and Oslo, it's pretty cheap. It's comparable with places like Edinburgh and Dublin. Sure, not as cheap as random towns in the US, but this is fucking Amsterdam.
QFT.
Fanaticist - no. No, don't go to Amsterdam. I dare you not to smoke pot or drink beer for a week.
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On August 19 2009 05:04 Oxygen wrote:Show nested quote +On August 19 2009 03:13 The Raurosaur wrote:On August 19 2009 00:43 Hawk wrote:
Amsterdam is expensive as fuck. I beg to differ. Compared to London, Paris, and Oslo, it's pretty cheap. It's comparable with places like Edinburgh and Dublin. Sure, not as cheap as random towns in the US, but this is fucking Amsterdam. QFT. Fanaticist - no. No, don't go to Amsterdam. I dare you not to smoke pot or drink beer for a week.
Not going to happen sorry. I drink beer with my parents at dinner, even if I don't drink out. Smoking pot is too fun and harmless to pass up. Case dismissed.
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